tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle);  bekko;  tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle)
 Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis);  soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae);  trap door located on the walkway in a kabuki theatre;  bilge pump (used on traditional Japanese ships)
 hard candy;  candy suckers molded on a griddle; (lit.) tortoise-shell candy
 two things that superficially similar but completely different;  night and day;  chalk and cheese; (lit.) the Moon and a turtle
 article of tortoise shell;  tortoiseshell work
 Lethocerus deyrollei (species of giant water bug)
 chiton (any marine mollusk of the class Polyplacophora);  sea cradle;  Japanese chiton (Acanthopleura japonica)
 tortoiseshell sauce;  thickened sauce of dashi, soy, mirin, etc.
 tortoiseshell sauce;  thickened sauce of dashi, soy, mirin, etc.
 common stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus)