鶴
鶴

crane, stork

21 strokesFrequency 1,369JLPT N1Grade 8

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カク

Kun

つる

Nanori

たずずかつづ

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Common Words

鶴つるツルNounFreq #10750
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crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)

Examples
ツルは大きくて美しい鳥だ。
Cranes are big beautiful birds.
鶴の一声つるのひとこえNounExpressionFreq #45843
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Idiomatic expression

final word; voice of authority; authoritative pronouncement

つるはし鶴嘴ツルハシNounUsually kanaFreq #57786
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pickaxe; pickax; pick

まなづる真鶴真名鶴真那鶴マナヅルNounUsually kanaFreq #71039
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white-naped crane (Grus vipio)

千羽鶴せんばづるNounFreq #72620
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(string of) many (traditionally 1000) paper cranes

Examples
その鶴は、禎子が折らなければならない千羽鶴の最初の一羽だった。
It was the first of the one thousand cranes that Sadako had to make.
折り鶴折鶴おりづるNounFreq #81095
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paper crane; origami crane

Examples
今禎子にできることは、折り鶴を折って奇跡を願うことだけだった。
All Sadako could do now was to make paper cranes and hope for a miracle.
鶴亀つるかめNounFreq #85892
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crane and tortoise (symbol of longevity, artistic motif)

べにづる紅鶴NounUsually kanaFreq #105308
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flamingo (Phoenicopteridae)

田鶴鶴たずたづNounFreq #109890
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Poetical term

crane (bird)

掃き溜めに鶴はきだめにつるExpressionFreq #122381
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a jewel in a dunghill

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