hard candy; candy drop
A small, round, hard candy, often fruit-flavored. The word 飴 alone can refer to any kind of candy, but 飴玉 specifically implies a hard, ball-shaped piece.
My grandmother always keeps hard candies in her pocket.
子供の頃、よく駄菓子屋で飴玉を買った。
When I was a child, I often bought candy drops at the penny candy store.
Standard kanji spelling.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, common in everyday writing.
Compound of 飴 (ame, 'candy') + 玉 (tama, 'ball'). The reading だま is a rendaku form of たま.