JLPT N2 · Noun

かるた (karuta)

かるた is a Japanese noun meaning “karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: かるた
Romaji: karuta
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta · noun · usually written in kana

Example sentences

カルタを配ってください。

Please deal the cards.

Tatoeba #226163

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Source: JMdict entry 1590710 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.