also: はなガルタ
noun
hanafuda; Japanese flower cards
Traditional Japanese playing cards; 12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month with a flower. Often used for games like こいこい.
See also: 花札
お正月に家族で花かるたをして遊んだ。
We played hanafuda with the family during New Year's.
花かるたの絵はとても美しい。
The pictures on hanafuda cards are very beautiful.
Rare kanji spelling using 骨牌 for karuta.
Search-only form; voiced katakana variant.
Compound of 花 (hana, 'flower') and かるた (karuta, from Portuguese 'carta'). The spelling 歌留多 is ateji.