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歌ガルタ

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
うた
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of (uta, poem, song) +‎ カルタ (karuta, traditional Japanese playing cards).

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(うた)ガルタ or (うた)ガルタ (uta-garuta

  1. (card games) poem cards; playing cards with poems written on each card
  2. uta-garuta, a game played with such cards

See also

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References

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