touching a wrong card (in karuta); foul (in competitive karuta)
In competitive karuta, a foul for touching a card outside the correct territory; also used for buzzing too early in quiz games. Sense 3 is the technical karuta foul definition.
making a servant one's mistress; mistress who is a servant
Dated term for taking a female servant as a mistress, or the mistress herself. Rare in modern usage.
I touched the wrong card and had my card taken by the opponent.
If you buzz in too early on a quiz show, you lose the right to answer.
In Edo-period documents, the word お手つき appears with the meaning of making a maid one's mistress.
Variant spelling using 付; less common but seen.
From お (honorific prefix) + 手つき (touching with the hand). The karuta sense derives from the action of touching a card; the dated mistress sense is an extension of 'hand' implying possession or handling.