亀

Meaning

亀 centers on the tortoise or turtle, a slow-moving shelled reptile. The meanings are straightforward and refer to the animal itself.

• 亀かめ
  N1

  tortoise; turtle

• 亀裂きれつ

  crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift

• 亀甲きっこう

  tortoiseshell; tortoise shell

• 銭亀ぜにがめ

  baby spotted turtle; immature Japanese pond turtle; young Japanese terrapin

• 亀田製菓かめだせいか

  Kameda Seika Company

• 亀の甲かめのこう

  tortoise shell

• 噛み付き亀かみつきがめ

  snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

• 臭亀くさがめ

  Chinese pond turtle (Chinemys reevesii); Reeves' turtle

• お亀おかめ

  homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman

• お亀蕎麦おかめそば

  soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.

• ガラパゴス象亀ガラパゴスぞうがめ

  Galápagos tortoise (Geochelone nigra); Galapagos giant tortoise

• ギリシャ陸亀ギリシャりくがめ

  European tortoise; Greek tortoise (Testudo graeca)

• 丸亀平井美術館まるがめひらいびじゅつかん

  Museo Marugame Hirai

• 亀すくいかめすくい

  turtle scooping (festival game)

• 亀の子かめのこ

  young turtle (tortoise)

• 亀の子たわしかめのこたわし

  tortoise-shaped scrubbing brush (from company name)

• 亀の子縛りかめのこしばり

  tying up (e.g. a prisoner) with a criss-cross rope so that it forms a lozenge pattern

• 亀の年を鶴が羨むかめのとしをつるがうらやむ

  some people are never satisfied; the crane envies the longevity of the turtle

• 亀の手かめのて

  barnacle

• 亀の歩みかめのあゆみ

  slow and steady pace

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