百人一首

ひゃくにんいっしゅ

Meanings

1. Noun (Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu (i.e.: classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets)
2. hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards (i.e.: deck of 200 cards, the 100 waka of the Hyakunin Isshu split between them, to be matched together during the game) See also: かるた.

Kanji

• 百 hundred. Read as ヒャク.
• 人 person. Read as ニン.
• 一 one. Read as イチ.
• 首 chief. Read as シュ.

Words containing 百人一首

• 小倉百人一首 (おぐらひゃくにんいっしゅ) Ogura Hyakunin Isshu
• 百人一首かるた (ひゃくにんいっしゅカルタ) Hyakunin Isshu karuta

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