Definition of Karuta. Meaning of Karuta. Synonyms of Karuta

- Karuta (かるた, from Portuguese carta ["card"]) are ****anese playing cards. Playing cards were introduced to ****an by Portuguese traders during the mid-16th...
- Competitive karuta (競技かるた, Kyōgi karuta) is an official ****anese card game that uses a deck of uta-garuta cards to play karuta, within the format and rules...
- Karuta (カルタ金, karuta-gane) was a type of armour worn by samurai warriors and their retainers during the feudal era of ****an. The word karuta comes from...
- Uta-garuta (歌ガルタ, lit. "Poetry Karuta") is a type of a deck of karuta, ****anese traditional playing cards. A set of uta-garuta contains two sets of 100...
- characters in Chihayafuru, a manga series, set in the world of competitive karuta, by Yuki Suetsugu whose story has been adapted into novels, animated series...
- get around the ban, ****anese manufacturers radically redesigned their "karuta" (cards) and renamed them to "fuda." The face cards became increasingly...
- French deck. Portuguese decks also started the development of karuta in ****an (karuta comes from Portuguese "carta") though most decks bear little resemblance...
- with karuta tatami dō and chochin kabuto Karuta tatami dō and karuta zukin (hood) Edo period samurai karuta tatami dō in the hara-ate style Karuta katabira...
- Mekuri took the place of Yomi. It became so po****r that Yomi Karuta was renamed Mekuri Karuta. Mechanically, Mekuri is similar to Chinese fishing games....
- a hotoke dō gusoku; a suit of armour that came with a karuta tatami dō would be called a karuta tatami dō gusoku. True kozane dō are of lamellar construction...