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27 Nov 2022
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"Trump" means card games not president in japan.
"Trump" means card games not president in japan.
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27 Nov 2022
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@airymountain The thing is, the playing cards themselves, all of them collectively, are called "trump" (not even "trump cards", just "torampu") in Japan.
"Let's play a card game" in Japanese is essentially "Let's do some trump"
...even if it's a game with no "trump cards", as we say in English.
It's a loan word that got blown up into something bigger than the original word.
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Yes in the US as well, in some card games "trump" cards are stronger than other cards. This has been true for many many years.
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@airymountain The thing is, the playing cards themselves, all of them collectively, are called "trump" (not even "trump cards", just "torampu") in Japan.
"Let's play a card game" in Japanese is essentially "Let's do some trump"
...even if it's a game with no "trump cards", as we say in English.
It's a loan word that got blown up into something bigger than the original word.
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- English (US)

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