top spinning; playing with a spinning top
Refers to the activity or skill of spinning a top, often as a traditional children's pastime.
The children played with spinning tops during the New Year holidays.
He is very good at spinning tops.
Common mixed kanji-katakana spelling. コマ is often written in katakana for the toy.
Hiragana-katakana mixed spelling; less common but still seen.
Full kanji spelling using 独楽 for こま; rare and somewhat literary.
Compound of こま (spinning top) and 回し (spinning, from 回す). The word こま is of uncertain origin, possibly related to 高麗 (Goryeo) or mimetic.