ビー玉だま

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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Refers to the small glass ball used in children's games. The word is derived from ビードロ (vidro, 'glass') + 玉 (ball).

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The children were playing marbles in the schoolyard.

このビー玉だまはきれいな青あお色いろをしている。

This marble has a beautiful blue color.

ビー玉だまで遊あそぶto play marbles
子こ供どもの頃ころ、公こう園えんでビー玉だまで遊あそんだ。
When I was a child, I used to play marbles in the park.
ビー玉だまをはじくto flick a marble
指ゆびでビー玉だまをはじいて相あい手ての玉だまに当あてる。
You flick the marble with your finger to hit your opponent's marble.
ビー玉だまを集あつめるto collect marbles
彼かれは色いろとりどりのビー玉だまを集あつめるのが好すきだ。
He likes collecting colorful marbles.

ガラス玉だま
ビー玉 specifically means a small glass marble used in children's games, while ガラス玉 is the broader term for any glass bead or sphere.

ビードロ
ビードロ is an old word for glass itself (from Portuguese 'vidro') and the source of ビー玉, but it does not mean 'marble'.
マーブル
ビー玉 refers specifically to a small glass toy marble, whereas マーブル refers to the stone material or a marbled pattern, not the toy.

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counter for small objects; counter for pieces · counter for military units · individual; one person · counter for years of age difference; counter for school years

ビー玉だまUsage99%
Standard kanji-katakana spelling for marbles (the toy).
ビーだまUsage1%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially for children.

From ビードロ (vidro, 'glass', from Portuguese 'vidro') + 玉 (ball). The ビー is a contraction of ビードロ.