also: うたがるた · うたカルタ · うたガルタ
noun
utagaruta; traditional waka card matching game
A card game where players match cards with waka poems. Often played during New Year's. The name can be pronounced うたかるた or うたがるた.
お正月に家族で歌かるたをして遊んだ。
We played utagaruta with the family during New Year's.
歌かるたの読み手は、独特の節回しで和歌を詠む。
The reader in utagaruta recites the waka with a distinctive intonation.
Compound of 歌 (uta, 'song/poem') and かるた (karuta, from Portuguese 'carta', meaning 'card'). The voicing to がるた is a common rendaku phenomenon.