Verstecken

Japanese: Verstecken
Verstecken

… [Toshiro Hanzawa]
[Similar examples from other countries]
In Japan, it is common for one person to play with several people who hide, while in Europe and the United States, many people chase while one or a few people hide and try to return home without being caught by the pursuers. In England, there are games similar to hide-and-seek called hide-and-seek, in France called cache-cache, and in Germany called Verstecken, and each has many variations. The English game ho-spy is so named because the person is called a spy, and murder is a modern version of hide-and-seek that incorporates an interrogation format borrowed from detective novels.

*Some of the terminology referenced in "Verstecken" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…【半沢 敏郎】
[外国の類例]
 日本では1人の鬼と数人のかくれる者とで遊ぶのが普通であるのに対して,欧米では多数が追いかけ,1人ないし少数の人間がかくれ,追手につかまらぬようにホームにかえる形式が一般に行われている。イギリスではハイド・アンド・シークhide‐and‐seek,フランスではカーシュ・カーシュcache‐cache,ドイツではフェルシュテッケンVersteckenとよばれる,かくれんぼに類する遊びがあり,それぞれ多くの変形がある。イギリスのホー・スパイho‐spyは,鬼をスパイとよぶのでその名があり,マーダーmurder(殺人者)は現代のかくれんぼで,探偵小説から形をかりた尋問形式をとりいれて遊んでいる。…

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