Meaning of turtle in Japanese
Definition of turtle
Words related to turtle
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(n) sea turtle
海がめは高齢まで生きる。
Turtles live to a great age.
- (n) young turtle (tortoise)
- turtle (tortoise) shell
- (exp) like chalk and cheese (superficially similar, but completely different) (the moon and a turtle shell are both round, but they are otherwise completely different); like day and night; like the difference between heaven and hell
- (n) any turtle of the genus Mauremys (esp. the Japanese pond turtle, Mauremys japonica)
- (n) sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar
- turtleneck (sweater)
- someone who cannot swim
- (n) blind turtle
- (n) hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
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(n) Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
月とすっぽん。
They are as different as day and night.
- (n) tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko
- (in Chinese medicine) tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle)
- (n) green turtle (Chelonia mydas)
