鶴つる

Meanings

Usage patterns

• 紙かみで鶴つるを折おるto fold an origami crane out of paper

  祖そ母ぼのために紙かみで鶴つるを折おった。

  I folded a paper crane for my grandmother.

• 鶴つるが舞まうfor a crane to dance/soar gracefully (often in poetic or artistic contexts)

  冬ふゆの湖みずうみの上うえを鶴つるが舞まっていた。

  Cranes were dancing gracefully over the winter lake.

Expressions· 7

• 鶴つるの一ひと声こえfinal word; voice of authority; authoritative pronouncement
• 鶴つるの巣す籠ごもりcrane's nest tesuji
• 掃はき溜だめに鶴つるa jewel in a dunghill
• 亀かめの年としを鶴つるが羨うらやむsome people are never satisfied; the crane envies the longevity of the turtle
• 焼やけ野のの雉夜きぎすよるの鶴つるparents risk everything for their children