花はな独楽ごま

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.

• お正しょう月がつに、子こどもたちは花はな独楽ごまを回まわして遊あそんだ。

  During the New Year holidays, the children played by spinning flower-shaped tops.

• 祖そ母ぼが手て作づくりの花はな独楽ごまを見みせてくれた。

  My grandmother showed me a handmade flower spinning top.