つる

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See also: ツル and ツール

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of つる – see the following entries.
S
a crane (large, long-legged and long-necked bird of the family Gruidae)
Short for 折鶴 (orizuru): a paper crane, the archetypical origami design
Short for 鶴嘴 (tsuruhashi): a pickaxe
a 家紋 (kamon, family crest) depicting a crane
(euphemistic) white hair
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
a female given name
a surname
Alternative spelling
ツル
J
vine
intermediary
financial supporter
S
a bowstring
(music) the string of an instrument
the bow-shaped handle of a pot or teapot
釣る
to fish, to angle
吊る
hang
攣る
get a cramp
(This term, つる (tsuru), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as つる, see Category:Japanese kanji read as つる.)