Word Meaning 泥亀

どろがめ dorogame

泥亀 is read as どろがめ (dorogame) and means Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis).

Meaning

English

Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis)
mud turtle (Kinosternidae spp.)
musk turtle

Reading

Kana

どろがめ

Romaji

dorogame

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 133454 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

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泥沼

どろぬま

quandary

泥酔

でいすい

being dead drunk

泥水稼業

どろみずかぎょう

making a living in the red-light district

泥縄式

どろなわしき

last minute

泥酔状態

でいすいじょうたい

state of drunkenness

亀

かめ

heavy drinker

海亀

うみがめ

sea turtle

日本石亀

にほんいしがめ

Japanese pond turtle (Mauremys japonica)

四指陸亀

よつゆびりくがめ

Russian tortoise (Agrionemys horsfieldii)

文亀

ぶんき

Bunki era (1501.2.29-1504.2.30)

元亀

げんき

Genki era (1570.4.23-1573.7.28)

水亀

いしがめ

any turtle of the genus Mauremys (esp. the Japanese pond turtle, Mauremys japonica)