noun
flower-shaped spinning top
A traditional Japanese toy: a cardboard spinning top decorated and shaped like a flower. Often associated with children's play and New Year's games.
お正月に、子どもたちは花独楽を回して遊んだ。
During the New Year holidays, the children played by spinning flower-shaped tops.
祖母が手作りの花独楽を見せてくれた。
My grandmother showed me a handmade flower spinning top.