鶴つる
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Meanings
Noun
1. crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
Other spellings
つる
Kanji used
Pitch accent
つる
Used in vocabulary
折おり鶴づる
paper crane; origami crane
Noun
鶴つる見み大だい学がく
Tsurumi University
Noun
真鶴まなづる
white-naped crane (Grus vipio)
Noun
鶴つる来きたる
migration of cranes to their nesting grounds
Noun
Examples18
Cranes are big beautiful birds.
Chizuko said, "A crane is supposed to live for one thousand years."
She tried to touch the golden crane.
Sadako has folded 644 paper cranes so far.
Will you make me a paper crane?
It was the last crane she ever made.