めくりカルタ

noun

mekuri karuta; traditional Japanese card game

Refers to a specific historical card game using a deck of 48 (later 49) cards, especially popular in the late Edo period. The term can also denote the deck itself.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、めくりカルタが庶しょ民みんの間あいだで流りゅう行こうした。

  In the Edo period, mekuri karuta was popular among common people.

• 博はく物ぶつ館かんで当とう時じのめくりカルタの札ふだを見みた。

  I saw cards from that era's mekuri karuta at the museum.

noun

hanafuda

Rarely used as a synonym for hanafuda (花札). This usage is uncommon and may be encountered only in older or specialized contexts.

See also: 花札

• 一いち部ぶの地ち方ほうでは、花はな札ふだをめくりカルタと呼よぶことがある。

  In some regions, hanafuda is sometimes called mekuri karuta.