Word Meaning 鶴は千年亀は万年

つるはせんねんかめはまんねん tsuru ha sennenkame ha mannen

鶴は千年亀は万年 is read as つるはせんねんかめはまんねん (tsuru ha sennenkame ha mannen) and means enjoying a long life is a matter for congratulation.

Meaning

English

  1. enjoying a long life is a matter for congratulation
  2. cranes live for 1000 years, turtles live for 10,000 years

Reading

Kana

つるはせんねんかめはまんねん

Romaji

tsuru ha sennenkame ha mannen

Stroke Sequence

8 Characters • 56 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 83281 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

亀の年を鶴が羨む

かめのとしをつるがうらやむ

some people are never satisfied

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

鶴亀

つるかめ

crane and tortoise (symbol of longevity, artistic motif)

鶴亀鶴亀

つるかめつるかめ

knock on wood

至福千年

しふくせんねん

millennium

万年

まんねん

perennial

万年青年

まんねんせいねん

man of perennial youth

千状万態

せんじょうばんたい

various forms

千態万状

せんたいばんじょう

an endless variety of forms

千態万様

せんたいばんよう

great diversity of form

千姿万態

せんしばんたい

endless variety

万年塀

まんねんべい

precast concrete fence