かるた・歌留多・骨牌・加留多karuta[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounkaruta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta
   カルタを配くばってください。↗

   Please deal the cards.

Use 歌留多（カルタ）for traditional Japanese playing-card games, especially hyakunin isshu karuta and iroha karuta; the word is usually written in katakana as カルタ, with 歌留多 as a kanji (ateji) spelling.

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1. カルタ。