Illustration: Three family members kneel around small illustrated karuta cards spread across a tatami floor. Grandmother sits slightly apart with the reading deck held upright, her mouth open as she gives the next cue.

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カルタ

karuta

traditional Japanese playing cards

Often refers to 百人一首 or いろはかるた. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. カルタを配くばってください。

    Please deal the cards.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. カルタ取とりをする。

    We play cards.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 日本各地にっぽんかくちに、その地方ちほうの伝統でんとうや名物めいぶつなどを読よみ込こんだいろはかるたがある。

    All over Japan, various karuta cards exist in which the traditions and the features of the local community are expressed.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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