花はな合あわせ

noun

hana-awase (hanafuda game)

A specific hanafuda game. The term can also refer broadly to hanafuda matching games in general, but this sense is the named game.

See also: 花札

• 花はな合あわせは花はな札ふだを使つかった遊あそびの一ひとつです。

  Hana-awase is one of the games played with hanafuda cards.

noun

hanafuda matching game (general)

Dated term for any hanafuda game where players match cards from their hand with cards of the same suit on the field. Games like hachi-hachi and koi-koi are also used.

• 昔むかしは花はな合あわせという言こと葉ばで、花はな札ふだのいろいろな遊あそび方かたを指さした。

  In the past, the word hana-awase referred to various ways of playing hanafuda.

noun

flower-comparing contest (Heian period)

Historical Heian-period contest where participants compared flowers. Also written as 花競べ.

See also: 花競べ

• 花はな合あわせは平へい安あん時じ代だいの宮きゅう中ちゅう行ぎょう事じで、花はなの優ゆう劣れつを競きそった。

  Hana-awase was a Heian-period court event where people competed over the quality of flowers.