Definition of 百人一首 (ひゃくにんいっしゅ)

ひゃくにんいっし

百人一首

ひゃくにんいっしゅ

hyakunin-isshu

noun
1.
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu, classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets(art)
2.
hyakunin isshu karuta, hyakunin isshu poetry cards
See also:かるた
Related Kanji
hundred
person
one, one radical (no.1)
neck, counter for songs and poems