押おしくらまんじゅう

noun

children's back-to-back jostling game

A traditional Japanese children's game where players stand in a circle back-to-back and push against each other, often chanting 'おしくらまんじゅう押されて泣くな'. Related to 押し競べ (おしくらべ).

See also: 押し競べ (おしくらべ)

• 寒さむい日ひは、子こ供どもたちが押おしくらまんじゅうをして遊あそんだ。

  On cold days, the children played the back-to-back jostling game.

• 「押おしくらまんじゅう、押おされて泣なくな」と声こえを合あわせた。

  They chanted together, 'Oshikura manjuu, don't cry when you're pushed.'