Search Terms: *鶴
Dictionary results(showing 19 results)
noun
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crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
Other readings:
鶴【たず】
、田鶴【たず】
、ツル
noun
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demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo), Numidian crane(usually kana)
Other readings:
アネハヅル
noun
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whooping crane (Grus americana)(usually kana)
Other readings:
アメリカシロヅル
noun
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life in natural setting, free from worldly cares(yojijukugo)
noun
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a swan among ducklings, a diamond among stones, a great figure among the common run of men
See also:鶏群の一鶴 (けいぐんのいっかく)
expression, noun
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a swan among ducklings, a diamond among stones, a great figure among the common run of men(idiom )
noun
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Other readings:
タンチョウヅル
noun
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white-naped crane (Grus vipio)(usually kana)
Other readings:
まなづる《真名鶴》
、マナヅル
expression
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parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night)(obscure)