Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
Kanji used
song
hold in place
many
Pitch accent
るた
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower)
iroha karuta; matching card game usu. consisting of 47 reading cards and 47 picture cards