カルタ
Meanings
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karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
usually written using kana alone
Refers specifically to Japanese card games using small rectangular cards, especially competitive karuta based on classical poetry (hyakunin isshu) or proverb-matching (iroha karuta).
from Portuguese carta
We played karuta with the family during the New Year holidays.
She is a competitive karuta player.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉をするto play (a card game like karuta)
We played karuta with the family on New Year's Day.
- 〈物〉の札を取るto grab/take a karuta card (in the game)
As soon as the reader read the card, everyone rushed to grab the matching karuta card.
- 〈物〉で遊ぶto play with karuta (as a form of amusement)
The children love playing with karuta cards.