百ひゃく人にん一いっ首しゅ

noun

Hyakunin Isshu; classical anthology of 100 waka by 100 poets

Refers specifically to the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, a famous Heian-to-Kamakura-era poetry collection compiled by Fujiwara no Teika. Often studied in school and used in the karuta game.

• 百ひゃく人にん一いっ首しゅは藤ふじ原わら定家のていかによって選えらばれたと言いわれている。

  The Hyakunin Isshu is said to have been selected by Fujiwara no Teika.

• 学がっ校こうで百ひゃく人にん一いっ首しゅを暗あん記きした。

  I memorized the Hyakunin Isshu at school.

noun

hyakunin isshu karuta; poetry card game

A competitive card game using two sets of 100 cards: yomifuda (reading cards) with the full poem and torifuda (grabbing cards) with only the lower phrase. Players match the cards as the poems are read aloud.

See also: カルタ

• 正しょう月がつに家か族ぞくで百ひゃく人にん一いっ首しゅをして遊あそんだ。

  We played hyakunin isshu karuta as a family during the New Year holidays.

• 百ひゃく人にん一いっ首しゅの大たい会かいに出しゅつ場じょうする。

  I will participate in a hyakunin isshu karuta tournament.