Post #1403031
2026-04-12 09:59 UTC
I just do in English what I’d do in Japanese: see turtle? If feets, land turtle. If flippers, sea turtle.
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@tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 2026-04-12 14:11
In common speech Japanese conflates way more animals than English does, including turtles/tortoises. I just had to look up rikugame because I'd only ever heard kame before. If you're a scientist or at a turtle conference I'm sure the distinction gets used, but otherwise it goes along the lines of pigeon/dove, alligator/crocodile, rat/mouse, etc.