歌ガルタ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
うた
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of (uta, poem, song) +‎ 歌留多 (karuta, traditional Japanese playing cards).

The karuta changes to garuta as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

(うた)ガルタ (uta-garuta

  1. (card games) poem cards; playing cards with poems written on each card

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN