Definition of 鶴 (つる)

つる

鶴

つる

tsuru

Common word

noun

•

crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)

Related Kanji

鶴	crane, stork
田	rice field, rice paddy

Example sentences(showing 15 results)

じっと

み

見つめている

と

、

とり

鳥

たち

は

、

とく

チズコ

つく

きん

つる

、

あき

かぜ

なか

い

み

As she watched, the birds, especially Chizuko's golden crane, looked alive in a light autumn breeze

おお

うつく

とり

Cranes are big beautiful birds

かのじょ

きゅう

ともだち

３５６

わ

つる

お

、

せん

わ

かのじょ

いっしょ

まいそう

Her classmates folded three hundred and fifty-six cranes so that one thousand were buried with her

わたし

つる

お

Will you make me a paper crane

「

つる

せん

ねん

い

」

チズコ

い

Chizuko said, "A crane is supposed to live for one thousand years.

かのじょ

きん

つる

ふ

She tried to touch the golden crane

つる

かたあし

た

The crane was standing on one leg

いちわ

つる

お

、

こころ

なか

"I can't even make a crane," she said to herself

禎子

は

これまで

６４４

わ

つる

お

Sadako had folded 643 paper cranes so far

きねんひ

いちばん

うえ

禎子

あたま

うえ

きん

つる

On top of the statue, Sadako is holding a golden crane over her head

かのじょ

てんじょう

さ

じぶん

つる

ぐん

め

。

あに

雅弘

禎子

She looked at her flight of cranes hanging from the ceiling, which her brother Masahiro had hung there for her

つる

、禎子

お

せんばづる

さいしょ

いちわ

It was the first of the one thousand cranes that Sadako had to make

つる

なん

うつく

じゆう

。禎子

いき

、

め

目

を

と

閉じた

How beautiful and free the cranes were! Sadako sighed and closed her eyes

禎子

は

、

しんゆう

チズコ

じぶん

お

きんいろ

つる

め

Sadako looked at the golden paper crane that her best friend Chizuko had made for her

やの

きじ

よる

つる

A mother's heart is always with her children