Meaning of 亀(かめ) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 亀

Kana Reading かめ

Romaji kame

Examples of 亀, かめ in a sentence

私たちは浜辺にカメを見に行きました。

We went to see turtles on the beach.
遠くからは、その小さな島は亀のように見えた。

The small island looked like a tortoise from a distance.
うさぎはかめに追い越された。

The hare was outdistanced by the tortoise.
うさぎとかめが競走した。

A hare raced with a tortoise.
ある日、彼は弱いカメを助けた。

One day he helped a weak turtle.

亀 JLPT 1

11 strokes

tortoise, turtle

On'Yomi: キ, キュウ, キン

Kun'Yomi: かめ

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