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鶴
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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.
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Idiomatic expression
final word; voice of authority; authoritative pronouncement
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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
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to wait expectantly; to be full of anticipation; to long for
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Proverb
enjoying a long life is a matter for congratulation; cranes live for 1000 years, turtles live for 10,000 years
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(string of) many (traditionally 1000) paper cranes
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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.
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paper crane; origami crane
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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.
