Translation
The Japanese word for "Crane" is tsuru 鶴. Crane doesn't always mean the animal in English, see homonyms for other translations.
| Romaji | tsu | ru |
|---|---|---|
| Hiragana | つ | る |
| Katakana | ツ | ル |
| Kanji | 鶴 | |
| School Level | 中 | |
Loan-word
The word "Crane" katakanized would be kurēn クレーン.
| Romaji | ku | ree | n | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katakana | ク | レ | ー | ン |
| Hiragana | く | れ | ー | ん |
Trivia
- According to the legends, if you fold one thousand paper cranes, you get a wish granted by a crane.[1]
Homonyms & Similar Words
- A "crane" of the lift weight kind is called a kijuu-ki 起重機 in Japanese, literally rise-weight-machine, or, also, kureen クレーン, the katakanization of the word "crane."
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