Japanese

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Alternative spellings
歌留多
加留多
骨牌

Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese carta.[1][2][3][4] Doublet of カード (kādo, card) and カルテ (karute, patient card).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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花札のカルタ: a hanafuda card

カルタ or かるた (karuta

  1. (card games) playing cards, especially Japanese traditional playing cards
    Hyponyms: 伊呂波ガルタ (iroha-garuta), 歌ガルタ (uta-garuta), 花札 (hanafuda), トランプ (toranpu), 取札 (torifuda)
  2. any of several games played with such cards
    Hyponyms: 歌ガルタ (uta-garuta), こいこい (koi-koi), おいちょかぶ (oicho-kabu)
    カルタ()りをする。
    Karuta-tori o suru.
    We play cards.

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References

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  1. ^ かるた”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, Encyclopedia Nipponica)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ 歌留多”, in 世界大百科事典 第2版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition)[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
  4. 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN