ツル

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See also: ツール and つる

Japanese

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For pronunciation and definitions of ツル – see the following entry.
つるS
[noun] a crane (large, long-legged and long-necked bird of the family Gruidae)
[noun] Short for 折鶴 (orizuru): a paper crane, the archetypical origami design
[noun] Short for 鶴嘴 (tsuruhashi): a pickaxe
[noun] a 家紋 (kamon, family crest) depicting a crane
[noun] (euphemistic) white hair
[noun] a decoration made of straws and reeds in the form of two cranes, used during the 14th year of the first month in the former town of Sakurajima, Kagoshima Prefecture
[proper noun] a female given name
[proper noun] a surname
(This term, ツル (tsuru), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)