Nine-legged game

Japanese: 九柱戯 - きゅうちゅうぎ

In Germany and the Netherlands, it is called Kegel, and in the UK, it is called skittle or ninepins. Nine sake bottle-shaped wooden poles (pins) are arranged in a square, and players compete to get the most points by rolling a wooden ball over them from a certain distance. It first appeared as a game in German churches around the 11th century, and it is said that the religious reformer Luther created the rules for nine pins in the early 16th century. It was later introduced to the United States, where in 1875 the number of pins was increased to ten, and modern bowling was born.

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Japanese:

ドイツ，オランダではケーゲルKegel，英国ではスキットルskittleまたはナインピンズninepinsと呼ぶ。９本の徳利形の木柱（ピン）を方陣に並べ，一定の距離から木球をころがして倒し，その得点を争う競技。11世紀ころドイツの教会で遊戯として起こり，16世紀初め宗教改革家ルターが９本のピンによるルールを作ったといわれる。のち米国に伝えられ，1875年に10本ピンとなり，現在のボウリングが生まれた。

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