deciding the order of players (hanafuda)
Rare hanafuda term: each player draws one card, and the highest draw deals. Used only in the context of traditional Japanese card games.
In hanafuda, the dealer is sometimes decided by 場振り (drawing cards to determine order).
Standard kanji spelling for this hanafuda term.
Mixed kana-kanji variant; less common but attested.
Compound of 場 (ba, 'field' or 'game situation') and 振り (furi, 'shaking' or 'manner of doing'), referring to the act of drawing cards to determine the dealer in hanafuda. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.