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Etymology edit

From English deck,[1][2][3][4] with the deck of a ship sense possibly from Dutch dek.[2]

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デッキ (dekki

  1. (of a ship) a deck
    Synonym: 甲板 (kōhan)
  2. the floor of a vehicle, particularly the entryway of a rail car
    Synonym: 陸屋根 (rokuyane)
  3. a flat (area on a roof, particularly the accessible platform on a roof of an airport or dock facility)
    • 1974, “空港”, 山上路夫 (lyrics), performed by テレサ・テン:
      (あめ)(くう)(こう) デッキにたたずみ
      ()()るあなた ()えなくなるわ
      ame no kūkō dekki ni tatazumi
      te o furu anata mienaku naru wa
      In the rain, you stand still by the airport deck
      But I can no longer see you waving at me anymore
  4. Short for テープデッキ (tēpu dekki, tape deck).
  5. (card games) a deck (pack or set of playing cards)
  6. (card games) a deck (set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing)
    Synonym: 山札 (yamafuda)
    デッキ(こう)(ちく)には使()(よう)できません。
    Dekki kōchiku ni wa shiyō dekimasen.
    *Not usable in Deck construction.
    • 2001 November 7, Kazuki Takahashi, “遊闘(バトル)227(にひゃくにじゅうしち) (くら)(はか)(あな) [Battle 227: The Shadow Grave]”, in (ゆう)()(おう) ((ゆう)()(おう)) [King of Games], volume 26 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 72:
      イシズ…オレのデッキ()(かい)(きょう)()(おも)()らせてやる……リバース・カードオープン ウイルスカード(はつ)(どう)()(ほう)(じょ)(きょ)(さい)(きん)(へい)()
      Ishizu… Ore no dekki hakai no kyōfu o omoishirasete yaru…… Ribāsu kādo ōpun Uirusu Kādo hatsudō‼ Mahō Jokyo Saikin Heiki‼
      Isiz… Behold my deck destruction terror… Reveal face-down card, activate Virus Card!! Magic-Removing Bacterial Weapon!!
    • 2015 January 10, “()(ほう)(じょ)(きょ)(さい)(きん)(へい)() [Magic-Removing Bacterial Weapon]”, in 決闘者の栄光 -記憶の断片- side:闇遊戯 [Duelist Road (Piece of Memory) side: Dark Yūgi], Konami:
      (いち):トークン()(がい)()(ぶん)フィールドのモンスターを(にん)()(かず)だけリリースして(はつ)(どう)できる。リリースしたモンスターの(かず)だけ、(あい)()デッキから()(ほう)カードを(えら)んで()()(おく)る。
      Ichi: Tōkun igai no jibun fīrudo no monsutā o nin'i no kazu dake Rirīsu shite hatsudō dekiru. Rirīsu shita monsutā no kazu dake, aite wa Dekki kara Mahō Kādo o erande Bochi e okuru.
      1: Can be activated by Releasing any number of non-Token monsters on your field. For each Released monster, your opponent chooses a Magic Card from their Deck and sends it to the Graveyard.
    • 2014 July 7, “ゲームを(はじ)めよう [Getting the Game Started]”, in Magic(マジック): The() Gathering(ギャザリング) (Magic(マジック): The() Gathering(ギャザリング)) クイック・スタート・ガイド [Magic: The Gathering Quick Start Guide]‎[1] (non-fiction), Wizards of the Coast, archived from the original on 24 April 2019, page 3:
      ゲームを(かい)()するには、まずライブラリーと()ばれる()(ぶん)デッキ()ります。
      Gēmu o kaishi suru ni wa, mazu raiburarī to yobareru jibun no dekki o kirimasu.
      To start the game, first shuffle your deck, also known as your library.
    • 2016 December 9, “()(しょ)()(まえ) [Names of the Zones]”, in ポケモンカードゲーム サン(アンド)ムーン (あそ)びかた(せつ)(めい)(しょ) [Pokémon Card Game Sun & Moon How-to-Play Guide] (non-fiction), The Pokémon Company, page 12:
      デッキをウラにして()いて「(やま)(ふだ)」にします。
      Dekki o ura ni shite oite “yamafuda” ni shimasu.
      Place your deck face down on the “deck zone”.

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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  5. 5.0 5.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN