tama-ire; ball-toss game
A game often played at school sports festivals where two teams compete to throw as many balls as possible into a basket on a high pole.
We played tama-ire at the sports festival.
赤組と白組に分かれて玉入れを競った。
The red team and white team competed in tama-ire.
Standard kanji spelling for this game.
Kana spelling is common in informal contexts or when the kanji is not needed.
Compound of 玉 (tama, 'ball') and 入れ (ire, 'putting in').