noun
kick the can (children's game)
A traditional outdoor children's game similar to hide-and-seek, where a can is kicked to free captured players.
放課後、公園で缶蹴りをして遊んだ。
After school, we played kick the can in the park.
缶蹴りは昔ながらの子供の遊びです。
Kick the can is a traditional children's game.
Hide-and-seek without the can-kicking element; 缶蹴り adds the can as a central object.
Compound of 缶 (can) and 蹴り (kicking), from the game's action of kicking a can.