Definition of 培/meaning-of-つる
- (n) negative (static) charge; negative electric charge; (sometimes called "negative electricity")
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
- (n) crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
ツルは大きくて美しい鳥だ。
Cranes are big beautiful birds.
- (v5r) to cramp; to be cramped; to contract
怒ったり緊張すると首がつる。
I feel the tension in my neck, where it gets sore and stiff.
- (n) bowstring
- string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.)
- bail (arched pot handle)
- diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
- (n) Halla okadai (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- red mite (i.e. a chigger)
- (n) vine; bine; tendril; runner
- bow; temple arm; sidepiece; lug arm; earpiece; part of a pair of glasses that goes over the ear
- connections; contacts; influence; financial supporter
- (n) locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; (feeling of hopelessness); being in a bind
- (n) miniature Chusan palm (Trachycarpus wagnerianus); (poss. Trachycarpus fortunei)