鶴

Meaning

鶴 centers on the tall, long-legged bird known as a crane or stork, often associated with elegance and longevity in Japanese culture.

• 鶴つる
  N1

  crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)

• 真鶴まなづる

  white-naped crane (Grus vipio)

• 千羽鶴せんばづる

  (string of) many (traditionally 1000) paper cranes

• 折り鶴おりづる

  paper crane; origami crane

• 鶴嘴つるはし

  pickaxe; pickax; pick

• 田鶴たず

  crane (bird)

• アメリカ白鶴アメリカしろづる

  whooping crane (Grus americana)

• カナダ鶴カナダづる

  sandhill crane (Grus canadensis)

• 丹頂鶴たんちょうづる

  red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis); Japanese crane

• 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

• 冠鶴かんむりづる

  black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina)

• 姉羽鶴あねはづる

  demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo); Numidian crane

• 折鶴蘭おりづるらん

  St Bernard's lily (Chlorophytum comosum); ribbon plant; spider plant

• 掃き溜めに鶴はきだめにつる

  a jewel in a dunghill

• 毒鶴茸どくつるたけ

  destroying angel (Amanita virosa)

• 焼け野の雉夜の鶴やけののきぎすよるのつる

  parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night)

• 白鶴はくつる

  Hakutsuru (brand of sake)

• 紅鶴べにづる

  flamingo (Phoenicopteridae)

• 舞鶴草まいづるそう

  snakeberry (Maianthemum dilatatum); two-leaved Solomon's seal; false lily of the valley

• 葦田鶴あしたず

  crane (bird)

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