根ねっ木き打うち

noun

children's game of dislodging a stick driven into the ground by throwing other sticks at it

A traditional outdoor game. The name literally means 'root-wood hitting'. Related to 根っ木 (ねっき), the stick driven into the ground.

See also: 根っ木

• 昔むかしの子こどもたちは、よく根ねっ木き打うちをして遊あそんだ。

  Children in the old days often played nekkii-uchi.

• 根ねっ木き打うちは、地じ面めんに刺さした棒ぼうを別べつの棒ぼうで倒たおす遊あそびです。

  Nekkii-uchi is a game where you knock down a stick driven into the ground using another stick.