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歌留多 カルタ

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

いろは歌留多 いろはカルタ

  1. iroha karuta; matching card game usu. consisting of 48 reading cards and 48 picture cards
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