かるた
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta
Pitch accent
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るた
Composed of
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
karuta gathering (for playing uta-garuta); competitive karuta association
hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower)
karuta game in which players race to grab cards associated with a given reading
iroha karuta; matching card game usu. consisting of 48 reading cards and 48 picture cards
Western playing cards
utagaruta; traditional matching game played with cards with stanzas of waka written on them
karuta gathering (for playing uta-garuta); competitive karuta association
utagaruta; traditional matching game played with cards with stanzas of waka written on them