disk-flicking board game; crokinole; carrom; pitchnut
Refers to a category of tabletop games where players flick disks across a board, including Western games like crokinole and carrom, as well as Japanese variants. The term is not widely used in modern Japanese; specific game names are more common.
Tōkyūban is a game where players flick disks with their fingers to compete for points.
Canadian crokinole is also considered a type of tōkyūban.
A specific Western disk-flicking game; 闘球盤 is the broader Japanese term that can include crokinole.
The Japanese name for carrom, a specific game often grouped under 闘球盤.
Standard kanji spelling for the game, using 闘 (fight) + 球 (ball) + 盤 (board).
Alternate spelling using 投 (throw) instead of 闘; less common but attested.
Compound of 闘 (tō, 'fight') or 投 (tō, 'throw'), 球 (kyū, 'ball'), and 盤 (ban, 'board'). The exact origin is uncertain; it likely arose as a descriptive term for disk-flicking board games.