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隠れん坊 means ''hide and seek''.

隠 means ''to hide/conceal'' so that part makes sense.

But 坊 means ''boy/priest/priest's residence'' which doesn't make sense here.

Can anyone shed some light on the Kanji for ''hide and seek'' ?
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What does 坊 mean in 隠れん坊?
Actually, the bou/bo means person here. So you can simply explain the
kakurenbo as hiding person (game).
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-ん坊【ぼう】/-んぼ is a now largely unproductive suffix that tells "who tends/likes to do —", usually in a childlike manner.

  * かくれんぼ "(the game of) sneaky people"
  * くいしんぼ "foodie / greedy guts"
  * わすれんぼ "forgetful person"
  * あばれんぼ "rowdy person"
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