玉掛け | [たまかけ, tamakake] (n) slinging (on cranes, etc.) [Add to Longdo] |
千羽鶴 | [せんばづる, senbaduru] (n) (string of) many (traditionally 1000) paper cranes [Add to Longdo] |
鶴は千年亀は万年 | [つるはせんねんかめはまんねん, tsuruhasennenkamehamannen] (exp) Cranes live for 1000 years, turtles live for 10, 000 years [Add to Longdo] |
鶴亀算 | [つるかめざん, tsurukamezan] (n) obtaining the respective numbers of cranes and tortoises from the total of their heads and legs; calculating the values of two unknown quantities from their unit total and the total of one of their attributes [Add to Longdo] |