noun
tag; tig
A children's game where one player, the 'oni' (it), chases the others to tag them.
See also: ごっこ
放課後、子供たちは校庭で鬼ごっこをして遊んだ。
After school, the children played tag in the schoolyard.
Standard kanji-kana spelling for the children's game of tag.
Kana spelling is common in children's contexts and easy to read.
Compound of 鬼 (oni, 'demon' or 'it' in tag) and ごっこ (gokko, 'pretend game'). The name reflects the game's premise of one player acting as the 'oni' who chases others.