絵札(えふだ)

えふだ
noun
picture card; face card (in playing cards: jack, queen, king)
leisure
1. picture card; face card (in playing cards: jack, queen, king)
絵札(えふだ)は10点(てん)として数(かぞ)える。
Face cards count as 10 points.
トランプの絵札(えふだ)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(えふだ)はすべて10の価値(かち)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(えふだ)を並(なら)べる。
Lay out the picture cards for karuta.
花札(はなふだ)の絵札(えふだ)には美(うつく)しい日本画(にほんが)が描(えが)かれている。
The picture cards in hanafuda have beautiful Japanese paintings on them.
百人一首(ひゃくにんいっしゅ)の絵札(えふだ)には歌人(かじん)の姿(すがた)が描(えが)かれており、読(よ)み札(ふだ)と対(つい)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(はなふだ), かるた, and 百人一首(ひゃくにんいっしゅ).

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 数札(かずふだ): number cards — the cards without pictures (ace through 10 in Western cards)
  • 読(よ)み札(ふだ): reading card — in karuta, the card that is read aloud (paired with the picture card)
  • 取(と)り札(ふだ): grabbing card — in karuta, the card players grab from the floor
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Added 2026.4.22 21:42 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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