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亀 かめ

  1. tortoise; turtle
  2. heavy drinker
  3. turtle crest; turtle mon

亀裂 きれつ

  1. chap; crack; crevice; fissure; rift

亀すくい かめすくい

  1. turtle scooping (festival game)

亀の子 かめのこ

  1. young turtle (tortoise)
  2. turtle (tortoise) shell

亀の子たわし かめのこたわし

  1. tortoise-shaped scrubbing brush (from company name)

亀の子縛り かめのこしばり

  1. tying up (e.g. a prisoner) with a criss-cross rope so that it forms a lozenge pattern

亀の年を鶴が羨む かめのとしをつるがうらやむ

  1. some people are never satisfied; the crane envies the longevity of the turtle

亀の手 かめのて

  1. barnacle

亀の歩み かめのあゆみ

  1. slow and steady pace

亀の甲 かめのこう

  1. tortoise shell
  2. hexagon pattern; hexagon shape
  3. benzene ring; benzene-ring structure
  4. tortoise shell (shape)
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