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百人一首かるた (ひゃくにんいっしゅカルタ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

百ひゃく人にん一いっ首しゅかるた

Meanings

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noun

Hyakunin Isshu karuta; poetry cards based on the Hyakunin Isshu

Refers to the card game using poems from the Hyakunin Isshu anthology. Typically played during New Year's in Japan.

See also: 百人一首

お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かるたをして遊あそんだ。
We played Hyakunin Isshu karuta as a family during New Year's.

Written forms

百ひゃく人にん一いっ首しゅかるた
Standard mixed kanji-kana spelling.
百ひゃく人にん一いっ首しゅカルタ
Katakana spelling for かるた is also common.

Kanji

百hundred
人person

一one, one radical (no.1)

首neck, counter for songs and poems

Similar words

百ひゃく人にん一いっ首しゅ
百人一首 is the poetry anthology itself, while 百人一首かるた is the card game based on it.
かるた
かるた is a general term for traditional Japanese card games; 百人一首かるた specifies the variant using Hyakunin Isshu poems.

Etymology

Compound of 百人一首 (Hyakunin Isshu, the classical poetry anthology) and かるた (karuta, from Portuguese 'carta', meaning card).