取とり札ふだ

noun

card to pick up; grabbing card

In karuta games, especially Hyakunin Isshu, the card that players must grab when the matching reading card is called. It contains the second half of a poem.

See also: 読み札

• 読よみ札ふだが読よまれたら、素す早ばやく取とり札ふだを取とってください。

  When the reading card is read, quickly grab the grabbing card.

• 百ひゃく人にん一いっ首しゅの取とり札ふだには下しもの句くが書かいてある。

  The second half of the poem is written on the grabbing card in Hyakunin Isshu.