絵え合あわせ

noun

picture-matching game; matching pairs

A game or activity where players match identical or related pictures, often using cards. Common in children's games and educational contexts.

• 子こ供どもたちは絵え合あわせカードで遊あそんでいる。

  The children are playing with picture-matching cards.

noun

picture-matching contest; e-awase

Historical term for a Heian-period courtly contest where participants competed by matching or comparing pictures, often as a form of entertainment or artistic display.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいの絵え合あわせは、貴き族ぞくの間あいだで流りゅう行こうした遊あそびの一ひとつだった。

  Picture-matching contests in the Heian period were one of the popular pastimes among the nobility.