rikugame リクガメ

Translation

rikugame means "Tortoise" in English.

rikugame is normally written with katakana, as リクガメ.
rikugame written with hiragana is りくがめ.

rikugame written with kanji is 陸亀.
These are jouyou kanji 常用漢字, taught in junior high, chuugakkou 中学校.

kame かめ becomes game がめ in this word because of a change in pronunciation called rendaku.

A difference between Turtles and Tortoises is that tortoises live on land while turtles live in water. In other words, tortoises are land turtles!

tōtasu トータス, Testudinidae.

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