In card games, the pile of cards from which players draw. Contrasts with the discard pile or hand.
山札からカードを一枚引いてください。
Please draw one card from the deck.
山札がなくなったら、捨て札をよく切って新しい山札にする。
When the draw pile runs out, shuffle the discard pile well and make a new deck.
historical tag for gathering rights
Edo-period wooden tag that served as a permit to collect plants and trees from common land. Historical term; not used in modern contexts.
In the Edo period, only those who held a 山札 were allowed to gather plants and trees on common land.
ōyamafuda (competitive karuta); the six cards with six-mora kimariji
Compound of 山 (yama, 'mountain') and 札 (fuda, 'card' or 'tag'). The card-game sense likely derives from the image of a pile of cards resembling a small mountain. The historical tag sense is a direct combination of the kanji meanings.