Japanese word

カルタ

Pronunciation

Romajikaruta

お正月に家族とカルタで遊びました。o shō gatsu ni ka zoku to ka ru ta de aso bi ma shi ta

I played a Japanese card game with my family on New Year's Day.

読み手が札を読む間、みんなはカルタを見つめています。yo mi te ga satsu o yo mu aida mi n na wa ka ru ta o mi tsu me te i ma su

Everyone is watching the karuta cards while the reader reads the clues.

Centers on matching a spoken clue with the corresponding card before other players do.

読み札を読み上げ、対応する取り札を早く取る日本のカードゲーム。yo mi fuda o yo mi a ge tai ō su ru to ri fuda o haya ku to ru nihon no kā do gē mu

The Japanese noun カルタ (karuta) comes from Portuguese carta, meaning "card," which entered Japanese during early contact with Portuguese speakers.

In competitive karuta, players race to take the card matching a poem read aloud, making quick listening central to the game.