影かげ送おくり

noun

shadow sending; staring at one's shadow then at the sky to see an afterimage

A children's game or activity where you stare at your shadow on the ground for a while, then look up at the sky to see a faint afterimage of the shadow. Known from the story 'ちいちゃんのかげおくり'.

• 影かげ送おくりをして遊あそんだ。

  We played shadow sending.

• ちいちゃんは、お父とうさんと一いっ緒しょに影かげ送おくりをした。

  Chii-chan did shadow sending with her father.