歌留多

カルタ · also かるた

karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta

common word Also written 骨牌、加留多、嘉留太、軽板、軽多、賀留多、哥留多、かる多

Meaning

n
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta

Example sentences

旗本の屋敷で、歌留多の会が催された。

A karuta gathering was being held at the hatamoto's estate.
歌留多の会が百物語の会にでも変ったように、一種の暗い空気がこの一座を押し包んで、誰も彼もみな黙っていた。

Just as if the card gathering had turned into a ghost story telling party, a kind of dark mood had settled over those present and everyone was silent.