noun:

• Japanese pond turtle (Mauremys japonica)

noun:

• mysterious turtle (an omen of good luck) - obscure term
• Reiki era (715.9.2-717.11.17)

noun:

• mysterious turtle (an omen of good luck) ［しんき］ - obscure term
• Jinki era (724.2.4-729.8.5); Shinki era

noun:

• baby spotted turtle; immature Japanese pond turtle; young Japanese terrapin ➜ 石亀

noun:

• Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis) ➜ スッポン
• mud turtle (Kinosternidae spp.); musk turtle

noun / ~の noun:

• turtleneck; turtle-necked sweater; polo-neck(ed) sweater

noun / ~する noun:

• tortoise shell bondage; turtle shell bondage

noun:

• mountain-dwelling turtledove (often oriental turtle dove) ➜ キジバト・アオバト

noun:

• tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko ➜ 玳瑁
• tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle) - in Chinese medicine ➜ 鼈

expression:

• like chalk and cheese (superficially similar, but completely different) (the moon and a turtle shell are both round, but they are otherwise completely different); like day and night; like the difference between heaven and hell

noun:

• matamata (species of freshwater turtle, Chelus fimbriata)

noun:

• sea monster
• green turtle - Zoology term ➜ 青海亀【あおうみがめ】

noun:

• circle ➜ ○【まる】

noun / prefix noun:

• entirety; whole; full; complete

noun:

• money; dough; moola - slang
• enclosure inside a castle's walls - esp. 丸
• soft-shelled turtle - Kansai dialect ➜ スッポン

suffix:

• suffix for ship names; suffix for names of people (esp. infants); suffix for names of swords, armour, musical instruments, etc.; suffix for names of dogs, horses, etc. - esp. 丸 ➜ 麻呂