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...
- 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...
- 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...
- get around the ban, ****anese manufacturers radically redesigned their "karuta" (cards) and renamed them to "fuda." The face cards became increasingly...
- lingers on only in the Tarocco Siciliano and the Unsun Karuta and Komatsufuda of ****an. Unsun Karuta additionally has a fifth Guru suit (circular whirls)...
- 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...
- French deck. Portuguese decks also started the development of karuta in ****an (karuta comes from Portuguese "carta") though most decks bear little resemblance...
- unincorporated establishment, to produce and distribute ****anese playing cards, or karuta (かるた, from Portuguese carta, 'card'), most notably hanafuda (花札, 'flower...
- Chihaya Ayase, who is inspired by a new classmate to take up Hyakunin Isshu karuta competitively. An anime television series adaptation aired from October...