スーパーボールすくい

すーぱーぼーるすくい
noun
superball scooping (festival game)
leisure
1. superball scooping; bouncy-ball scooping game
A festival stall game in which players scoop floating rubber bouncy balls from a tub of water using a thin paper scoop (ポイ), keeping whatever they catch before the paper tears. A common alternative to 金魚(きんぎょ)すくい (goldfish scooping).
祭(まつ)りでスーパーボールすくいをした。
I played the superball scooping game at the festival.
スーパーボールすくいで五個(ごこ)も取(と)れた。
I managed to scoop up as many as five balls in the superball game.
Compared with goldfish scooping, superball scooping is something even small children can enjoy.

A staple game at summer festival (夏祭(なつまつ)り) and 縁日(えんにち) stalls. Players use a fragile paper scoop (ポイ) to lift floating rubber balls out of water before it breaks.

Common collocations

  • スーパーボールすくいをする: to play superball scooping
  • ポイですくう: to scoop with a paper scoop

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