noun
children's game of dislodging a stick
A traditional outdoor game where players throw sticks at a wooden stick driven into the ground to knock it over. The name may be regional or less common today.
昔の子供たちは、よく根っ木をして遊んだ。
Children in the old days often played the stick-throwing game.
根っ木は、地面に刺した棒を別の棒で倒す遊びだ。
Nekki is a game where you knock over a stick stuck in the ground with another stick.