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Spoken to ward off misfortune

knock on wood; touch wood

bigeye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus); bigeye jack; great trevally; six-banded trevally; dusky jack

leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

しんき only; Rare term

mysterious turtle (an omen of good luck)

Jinki era (724.2.4-729.8.5); Shinki era

Galápagos tortoise (Geochelone nigra); Galapagos giant tortoise

obtaining the respective numbers of cranes and tortoises from the total of their heads and legs; calculating the values of two unknown quantities from their unit total and the total of one of their attributes

blind turtle

Hōki era (770.10.1-781.1.1)

loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)

giant tortoise

pond slider (Trachemys scripta); red-eared slider turtle

African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata); sulcata tortoise

Buddhism

unlikely event; rare occurrence

Idiomatic expression; Buddhism

unlikely event; rare occurrence

Proverb

enjoying a long life is a matter for congratulation; cranes live for 1000 years, turtles live for 10,000 years

green turtle (Chelonia mydas)

alligator snapping turtle (Macroclemys temminckii)

Anatomy

glans penis

Japanese pond turtle (Mauremys japonica)

Anatomy

clitoral glans; glans clitoridis

Russian tortoise (Agrionemys horsfieldii); Horsfield's tortoise; Central Asian tortoise; steppe tortoise; four-toed tortoise

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

flower bug

forked viburnum (Viburnum furcatum); scarlet leaved viburnum