押おし競くらべ

noun

back-to-back shoving game

A traditional Japanese children's game where three or more players stand back to back and push against each other, often while chanting. Also known as 押しくらまんじゅう.

See also: 押しくらまんじゅう

• 冬ふゆの校こう庭ていで、子こどもたちがおしくらべをして遊あそんでいた。

  In the winter schoolyard, the children were playing the back-to-back shoving game.

• おしくらべは、寒さむい日ひに体からだが温あたたまる遊あそびだ。

  The back-to-back shoving game is a way to warm up on cold days.