鶴
つる
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
Common word
Meanings
Noun
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
Example sentences
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A mother's heart is always with her children.
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The crane was standing on one leg.
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Will you make me a paper crane?
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She tried to touch the golden crane.
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Sadako has folded 644 paper cranes so far.
More examples (10)
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It was the last crane she ever made.
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Chizuko said, "A crane is supposed to live for one thousand years."
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On top of the statue, Sadako is holding a golden crane over her head.
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If a sick person folds one thousand paper cranes, her wish will come true.
その鶴は、禎子が折らなければならない千羽鶴の最初の一羽だった。
It was the first of the one thousand cranes that Sadako had to make.
「もう一羽の鶴さえも折ることができない」と心の中でつぶやいた。
"I can't even fold one more crane," she said to herself.
彼女の級友達は356羽の鶴を折り、千羽が彼女と一緒に埋葬された。
Her classmates folded three hundred and fifty-six cranes so that one thousand were buried with her.
禎子は、親友のチズコが自分のために折ってくれた金色の鶴に目をやった。
Sadako looked at the golden paper crane that her best friend Chizuko had made for her.
鶴たちは何と美しく自由なんでしょう。禎子はため息をついて、目を閉じた。
How beautiful and free the cranes were! Sadako sighed and closed her eyes.
体はもうすっかり弱っていたが、この鶴のおかげで禎子は心の中で強い気持ちになることができた。
Now she was so weak, but the crane made Sadako feel stronger inside.