つる
Tsuru
Also read: ツル
鶴 (Tsuru) is a Japanese noun meaning “crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)”.
Meanings
- nouncrane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
Examples
焼け野の雉子夜の鶴。
A mother's heart is always with her children.
ツルは大きくて美しい鳥だ。
Cranes are big beautiful birds.
その鶴は片足で立っていた。
The crane was standing on one leg.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).