Nouncrack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift

Nounpattern; example; model; paragon; mirror

Nountortoiseshell; tortoise shell · tortoiseshell pattern; honeycomb pattern; hexagonal pattern · tortoiseshell bracket (punctuation mark)

Nounglans (esp. glans penis)

Nountortoise-shell divination (in ancient China and Japan)

Nounshield bug; stink bug; pentatomid

Nounwhite plaster bun-shaped mound (used to support base stones, etc.)

Nounhigh-quality glossy white habutai silk · raw silk twill fabric with fine diamond pattern

Nounkamebushi; flat cut of dried bonito resembling a turtle shell

Nounyoung turtle (tortoise) · turtle (tortoise) shell

Nounbarnacle

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nountortoise shell · hexagon pattern; hexagon shape · benzene ring; benzene-ring structure

Nounreplying to an email or online discussion after a long delay; slow response

Nounbalanitis

Nounhigh-quality glossy white habutai silk · raw silk twill fabric with fine diamond pattern

Nounbulbus glandis; knot (of a canid penis)

Nouncorona glandis (penis); corona of glans penis

Nountortoiseshell pattern; honeycomb pattern; hexagonal pattern

Nounhexagonal pattern

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)things that do not exist; fur on turtles, horns on rabbits

Noun, Suru verbtortoise shell bondage; turtle shell bondage

Nounturtle scooping (festival game)

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nounslow and steady pace

Nountortoiseshell bracket (punctuation mark)

NounKameda Seika Company

Nountying up (e.g. a prisoner) with a criss-cross rope so that it forms a lozenge pattern

Nounbalanoposthitis; inflammation of the glans and foreskin

Nounslow runner

Nountortoise-shaped scrubbing brush (from company name)

Nounoracle bone script

NounKameda College of Health Sciences

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)the older, the wiser

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'mu' endingsome people are never satisfied; the crane envies the longevity of the turtle