Japanese DictionaryDefinition of 生/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")
- (adj-no, adj-na, n, n-pref) raw; uncooked; fresh
- natural; as it is; unedited; unprocessed
- unprotected (i.e. not wearing a condom)
- live (i.e. not recorded)
- inexperienced; unpolished; green; crude
- impudence; sauciness
- unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer
- (pref) just a little; somehow; vaguely; partially; somewhat; half-; semi-
- irresponsibly; half-baked
- (n) cash
- tipsiness
- (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)
- (adj-na, n, adj-no) innocent; naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced; green; wet behind the ears
アメリカ人にはよくあることだが彼はなまの魚を好かない。
As is often the case with Americans, he does not care for raw fish. - (n-pref) birth-
静岡産のお茶と宇治産のお茶では何が違いますか。
Is there any difference between the tea from Shizuoka and that from Uzi?
- (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)