札ふだ

noun

label; tag

A tag or label attached to an object, usually with a name, price, number, or other identifying information written on it.

• スーツケースに名な前まえを書かいた札ふだを付つけた。

  I attached a tag with my name written on it to the suitcase.

noun

sign; notice card; plate

A small sign, notice card, or plate put up to display information, such as a shop notice or warning.

• 店みせの前まえに「本ほん日じつ休きゅう業ぎょう」の札ふだが出でている。

  There is a sign in front of the shop saying, "Closed today."

noun

playing card; game card

A card used in games, especially traditional Japanese card games or sets such as karuta and hanafuda.

• カルタの札ふだを一いち枚まい取とった。

  I picked up one karuta card.

noun

charm; paper talisman

A paper or wooden talisman from a shrine or temple; very often used with the honorific prefix as お札.

See also: 守り札

• 神じん社じゃで家か内ない安あん全ぜんのお札ふだを受うけた。

  I received a talisman for family safety at the shrine.

noun

pilgrim's paper slip; shrine-posted slip

Traditional cultural use for a slip of paper pasted by pilgrims on shrine or temple pillars; especially recognizable in compounds such as 千社札.

• 古ふるい寺てらの柱はしらに貼はられた千せん社じゃ札ふだを見み上あげた。

  I looked up at the pilgrims' slips pasted on the pillars of the old temple.