Play word 焼け野の雉夜の鶴 焼け野の雉夜の鶴 やけののきぎすよるのつる parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night)
Play word 雀の千声鶴の一声 雀の千声鶴の一声 すずめのせんこえつるのひとこえ the word of a wise man is worth the words of one thousand fools
Play word 鶴亀算 鶴亀算 つるかめざん obtaining the respective numbers of cranes and tortoises from the total of their heads and legs