つるせんねんかめまんねん
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
1. enjoying a long life is a matter for congratulation; (lit.) cranes live for 1000 years, turtles live for 10,000 years
Kanji used
crane
thousand
year
turtle
ten thousand
Composed of
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual