丹頂鶴(たんちょうづる)

たんちょうづる
noun
red-crowned crane
animal-bird
1. red-crowned crane
A large white crane with black neck and wing feathers and a patch of bare red skin on its crown. In Japan it lives mainly in eastern Hokkaido and is a protected species and a symbol of long life.
丹頂鶴(たんちょうづる)が飛(と)んでいる。
A red-crowned crane is flying.
北海道(ほっかいどう)で丹頂鶴(たんちょうづる)を見(み)た。
I saw red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido.
冬(ふゆ)の釧路湿原(くしろしつげん)では、丹頂鶴(たんちょうづる)が雪(ゆき)の中(なか)で踊(おど)るように求愛(きゅうあい)する。
In the winter Kushiro Marshes, red-crowned cranes court each other as if dancing in the snow.

Often just 丹頂(たんちょう). 丹(たん) is red and 頂(ちょう) is the top of the head, naming the red crown.

Cultural note

The crane is a traditional symbol of long life and good fortune (鶴(つる)は千年(せんねん)、亀(かめ)は万年(まんねん)), and the red-crowned crane is the one pictured on New Year cards, wedding kimono, and the old 1,000-yen note.

Common collocations

  • 丹頂鶴(たんちょうづる)の求愛(きゅうあい)ダンス: the courtship dance of the cranes
  • 特別天然記念物(とくべつてんねんきねんぶつ): special natural monument (its legal status)
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