赤あか短たん

noun

5-point card with a red tanzaku; red ribbon card

In hanafuda, a specific card from the January (pine) suit featuring a red poetic strip (tanzaku). Worth 5 points.

See also: 短冊

• 赤あか短たんは松まつの札ふだの一ひとつで、赤あかい短たん冊ざくが描えがかれている。

  The red ribbon card is one of the pine cards, with a red tanzaku drawn on it.

noun

the three 5-point cards with ribbons (high-scoring meld)

In hanafuda, a high-scoring meld consisting of all three 5-point cards that have red tanzaku: the pine, plum, and cherry ribbon cards.

• 赤あか短たんを集あつめると高こう得とく点てんになる。

  Collecting the three red ribbon cards yields a high score.