# デッキ
## Japanese
### Etymology

From English deck, with the deck of a ship sense possibly from Dutch dek.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) デッキ [déꜜkkì] (Atamadaka –)
* (Tokyo) デッキ [dèkkí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [de̞k̚ʲkʲi]
** The heiban accent is only used for the tape deck sense.

### Noun

デッキ • (dekki)
* (of a ship) a deck
    Synonym: 甲板 (kōhan)
* the floor of a vehicle, particularly the entryway of a rail car
    Synonym: 陸屋根 (rokuyane)
* a flat (area on a roof, particularly the accessible platform on a roof of an airport or dock facility)
** 1974, “空港”, 山上路夫 (lyrics), performed by テレサ・テン:
    雨(あめ)の空(くう)港(こう)　デッキにたたずみ 手(て)を振(ふ)るあなた　見(み)えなくなるわ
       ame no kūkō dekki ni tatazumi te o furu anata mienaku naru wa
       In the rain, you stand still by the airport deck But I can no longer see you waving at me anymore
* Short for テープデッキ (tēpu dekki, “tape deck”).
* (card games) a deck (pack or set of playing cards)
* (card games) a deck (set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing)
    Synonym: 山札 (yamafuda)
    ※デッキ構(こう)築(ちく)には使(し)用(よう)できません。
       † Dekki kōchiku ni wa shiyō dekimasen.
       *Not usable in Deck construction.
** 2001 November 7, Kazuki Takahashi, “遊闘(バトル)227(にひゃくにじゅうしち)　昏(くら)き墓(はか)穴(あな) [Battle 227: The Shadow Grave]”, in 遊(ゆう)☆戯(ぎ)☆王(おう) [King of Games], volume 26 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 72:
    イシズ…オレのデッキ破(は)壊(かい)の恐(きょう)怖(ふ)を思(おも)い知(し)らせてやる……リバース・カードオープン　ウイルスカード発(はつ)動(どう)‼魔(ま)法(ほう)除(じょ)去(きょ)細(さい)菌(きん)兵(へい)器(き)‼
       Ishizu… Ore no dekki hakai no kyōfu o omoishirasete yaru…… Ribāsu kādo ōpun Uirusu Kādo hatsudō‼ Mahō Jokyo Saikin Heiki‼
       Isiz… Behold my deck destruction terror… Reveal face-down card, activate Virus Card!! Magic-Removing Bacterial Weapon!!
** 2015 January 10, “魔(ま)法(ほう)除(じょ)去(きょ)細(さい)菌(きん)兵(へい)器(き) [Magic-Removing Bacterial Weapon]”, in 決闘者の栄光 －記憶の断片－ side：闇遊戯 [Duelist Road (Piece of Memory) side: Dark Yūgi], Konami:
    ①(いち)：トークン以(い)外(がい)の自(じ)分(ぶん)フィールドのモンスターを任(にん)意(い)の数(かず)だけリリースして発(はつ)動(どう)できる。リリースしたモンスターの数(かず)だけ、相(あい)手(て)はデッキから魔(ま)法(ほう)カードを選(えら)んで墓(ぼ)地(ち)へ送(おく)る。
       Ichi: Tōkun igai no jibun fīrudo no monsutā o nin'i no kazu dake Rirīsu shite hatsudō dekiru. Rirīsu shita monsutā no kazu dake, aite wa Dekki kara Mahō Kādo o erande Bochi e okuru.
       1: Can be activated by Releasing any number of non-Token monsters on your field. For each Released monster, your opponent chooses a Magic Card from their Deck and sends it to the Graveyard.
** 2014 July 7, “ゲームを始(はじ)めよう [Getting the Game Started]”, in Magic(マジック): The(ザ) Gathering(ギャザリング) クイック・スタート・ガイド [Magic: The Gathering Quick Start Guide]‎ (non-fiction), Wizards of the Coast, archived from the original on 24 April 2019, page 3:
    ゲームを開(かい)始(し)するには、まずライブラリーと呼(よ)ばれる自(じ)分(ぶん)のデッキを切(き)ります。
       Gēmu o kaishi suru ni wa, mazu raiburarī to yobareru jibun no dekki o kirimasu.
       To start the game, first shuffle your deck, also known as your library.
** 2016 December 9, “場(ば)所(しょ)の名(な)前(まえ) [Names of the Zones]”, in ポケモンカードゲーム サン＆(アンド)ムーン 遊(あそ)びかた説(せつ)明(めい)書(しょ) [Pokémon Card Game Sun & Moon How-to-Play Guide] (non-fiction), The Pokémon Company, page 12:
    デッキをウラにして置(お)いて「山(やま)札(ふだ)」にします。
       Dekki o ura ni shite oite “yamafuda” ni shimasu.
       Place your deck face down on the “deck zone”.

#### Derived terms

* デッキガラス (dekki garasu)
* デッキシューズ (dekki shūzu, “deck shoes”)
* デッキチェア (dekki chea, “deck chair”)
* デッキビリヤード (dekki biriyādo, “deck billiards”)
* デッキブラシ (dekki burashi)
* アッパーデッキ (appā dekki)
* ウッドデッキ (uddo dekki)
* カセットデッキ (kasetto dekki)
* サロンデッキ (saron dekki)
* サンデッキ (sandekki, “sundeck”)
* C(シー)D(ディー)デッキ (shīdī dekki)
* ビデオデッキ (bideo dekki)
* ペデストリアンデッキ (pedesutorian dekki)
* ボートデッキ (bōto dekki)
* メーンデッキ (mēn dekki)
* レコードデッキ (rekōdo dekki)

#### See also

* 手(て)札(ふだ) (tefuda, “hand”)
* 場(ば)札(ふだ) (bafuda, “discard pile”)

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN