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crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift

tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon

glans (esp. glans penis)

sea turtle

voyeur; Peeping Tom

Genki era (1570.4.23-1573.7.28)

tortoise shell bondage; turtle shell bondage

tortoise shell

mysterious turtle (an omen of good luck); Reiki era (715.9.2-717.11.17)

crane and tortoise (symbol of longevity, artistic motif)

young turtle (tortoise); turtle (tortoise) shell

tortoise

tortoise shell

the older, the wiser

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

pattern; example; model; paragon; mirror

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

tortoise-shell divination

tortoise-shaped scrubbing brush (from company name)

baby spotted turtle; immature Japanese pond turtle; young Japanese terrapin

homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman; soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.

balanitis (inflammation of the glans penis)

knock on wood; touch wood

Bunki era (1501.2.29-1504.2.30)

turtle scooping (festival game)

tortoise-shaped scrubbing brush (from company name)

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

barnacle

obtaining the respective numbers of cranes and tortoises from the total of their heads and legs; calculating the values of two unknown quantities from their unit total and the total of one of their attributes

mysterious turtle (an omen of good luck); Jinki era (724.2.4-729.8.5); Shinki era

blind turtle

loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)

Hōki era (770.10.1-781.1.1)

giant tortoise

shield bug; stink bug

homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman; soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.

unlikely event; rare occurrence

the older, the wiser

high-quality glossy white habutai silk; raw silk twill fabric with fine diamond pattern

unlikely event; rare occurrence

alligator snapping turtle (Macroclemys temminckii)

white plaster bun-shaped mound (used to support base stones, etc.)

balanoposthitis; inflammation of the glans and foreskin

glans penis

scarabaeid beetle; Mimela splendens (metallic-green scarabaeid beetle)

Gusan Station

clitoral glans; glans clitoridis

enjoying a long life is a matter for congratulation; (lit.) cranes live for 1000 years, turtles live for 10,000 years

bulbus glandis; knot (of a canid penis)

cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)

snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

assassin bug (any insect of family Reduviidae)

Chinese pond turtle (Chinemys reevesii); Reeves' turtle; stink bug; shield bug

Chinese pond turtle (Chinemys reevesii); Reeves' turtle; stink bug; shield bug

dung beetle

turtle scooping (festival game)

green turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Galápagos tortoise (Geochelone nigra); Galapagos giant tortoise

Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)

leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

bigeye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus); bigeye jack; great trevally; six-banded trevally; dusky jack

African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata); sulcata tortoise

Japanese pond turtle (Mauremys japonica)

Russian tortoise (Agrionemys horsfieldii); Horsfield's tortoise; Central Asian tortoise; steppe tortoise; four-toed tortoise

hexagonal pattern

flower bug

forked viburnum (Viburnum furcatum); scarlet leaved viburnum

replying to an email or online discussion after a long delay; slow response

dor beetle (of family Geotrupidae); Geotrupes laevistriatus (species of dor beetle)

things that do not exist; (lit.) fur on turtles, horns on rabbits

things that do not exist; (lit.) horns on rabbits, fur on turtles

oracle bone script

old turtle with seaweed growing on its back

high-quality glossy white habutai silk; raw silk twill fabric with fine diamond pattern

Testudinidae (family comprising the tortoises)

tieing up (e.g. a prisoner) with a criss-cross rope so that it forms a lozenge pattern

some people are never satisfied; (lit.) the crane envies the longevity of the turtle

some people are never satisfied; (lit.) the crane envies the longevity of the turtle

Chinese national who returned after study or work abroad

slow runner

Gumi Station

Gupo Station

Deunggu Station

Shigui Station

scarab beetle; sacred scarab (Scarabaeus sacer)

European tortoise; Greek tortoise (Testudo graeca)

European tortoise; Greek tortoise (Testudo graeca)

Japanese cockchafer (Melolontha japonica)

Mary River turtle (Elusor macrurus)

soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.

soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.

East Pacific green turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizii); black sea turtle

rice stink-bug (Lagynotomus elongatus)

box turtle

Chinese box turtle (Cuora flavomarginata)

assassin bug (Velinus nodipes)