Definition of つらじ
- (n-suf) child
- (n) character (i.e. kanji)
- hand-writing; penmanship
- the ... word (i.e. "the L word" = "love")
- (n) emperor's seal
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(n) crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
ツルは大きくて美しい鳥だ。
Cranes are big beautiful birds.
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(v5r) to cramp; to be cramped; to contract
怒ったり緊張すると首がつる。
I feel the tension in my neck, where it gets sore and stiff.
- (n) bowstring
- string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.)
- bail (arched pot handle)
- diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
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(n) hemorrhoids; piles
最近、以前からある痔が痛みます。
Recently my haemorrhoids, which I've had from before, are painful.
- (n) address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; words
- ci (Chinese literary form)
- ancillary word
- (n) vine; bine; tendril; runner
- bow; temple arm; sidepiece; lug arm; earpiece; part of a pair of glasses that goes over the ear
- connections; contacts; influence; financial supporter
- (ctr) counter for the hito-futa-mi counting system (forming hitotsu, futatsu, mitsu, and misoji, yasoji, etc.)
- (suf) route; road
- distance travelled in a day
- (with decade) one's ....; age ....
- (pref) self-
- from ...
- (n) ground; land; earth; soil
- the region in question; the local area
- skin
- texture; fabric; material; weave
- base; background
- one's true nature
- narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story)
- real life; actuality
- (in the game of go) captured territory
- noh chorus
- (in Japanese dance) accompaniment music
- (in Japanese music) basic phrase (usu. repetitive)
- base part (of multiple shamisens)
