1.
picture card; face card (in playing cards: jack, queen, king)
絵札は10点として数える。
Face cards count as 10 points.
トランプの絵札にはジャック、クイーン、キングがある。
The face cards in a deck of playing cards are the jack, queen, and king.
ブラックジャックでは絵札はすべて10の価値がある。
In blackjack, all face cards are worth 10.
2.
illustrated card; picture tag (in traditional Japanese card games)
かるたの絵札を並べる。
Lay out the picture cards for karuta.
花札の絵札には美しい日本画が描かれている。
The picture cards in hanafuda have beautiful Japanese paintings on them.
百人一首の絵札には歌人の姿が描かれており、読み札と対になっている。
The picture cards in Hyakunin Isshu depict the poets, and they are paired with the reading cards.
Has two related uses: for Western playing cards, it refers to the face cards (jack, queen, king); for traditional Japanese card games, it refers to the illustrated cards used in games like 花札, かるた, and 百人一首.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- トランプの絵札: playing card face cards
- かるたの絵札: karuta picture cards
- 花札の絵札: hanafuda picture cards
- 絵札を取る: to grab a picture card (in karuta)
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 数札: number cards — the cards without pictures (ace through 10 in Western cards)
- 読み札: reading card — in karuta, the card that is read aloud (paired with the picture card)
- 取り札: grabbing card — in karuta, the card players grab from the floor