| In present Japan, karuta means "hanafuda" (cards with a printed picture of a flower), or the game mentioned below in which players compete for accumulating the most number of picture cards corresponding to "yomifuda" (cards for calling). |
現代日本では、花札か、後述する読み札にあわせた絵札をとってその枚数を競う競技を意味するようになった。 |