Illustration: At the edge of a small Japanese park pond, a freshwater turtle hauls itself onto a flat basking stone. Its patterned hard shell, wrinkled neck, clawed feet, and tiny tail are all visible.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

亀かめ

kame

turtle, tortoise

Example sentences

  1. 亀かめには歯はが無ないです。

    Turtles don’t have teeth.

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  2. トムは亀かめを２匹飼ひきかってるんだ。

    Tom has two turtles.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 遠とおくからは、その小ちいさな島しまは亀かめのように見みえた。

    The small island looked like a tortoise from a distance.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 亀

  • 亀tortoise; turtleOnキ・キュウ・キンKunかめ

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