In card games, the pile of cards from which players draw. Contrasts with the discard pile or hand.
Please draw one card from the deck.
historical tag for gathering rights
Edo-period wooden tag that served as a permit to collect plants and trees from common land. Historical term; not used in modern contexts.
When the draw pile runs out, shuffle the discard pile well and make a new deck.
In the Edo period, only those who held a 山札 were allowed to gather plants and trees on common land.
ōyamafuda (competitive karuta); the six cards with six-mora kimariji
Compound of 山 (yama, 'mountain') and 札 (fuda, 'card' or 'tag'). The card-game sense likely derives from the image of a pile of cards resembling a small mountain. The historical tag sense is a direct combination of the kanji meanings.