From Japanese 鶴喰 (Tsurubami), from 鶴 (Tsuru), a sound- and script-changed clipping of 上水流 (Kamizuru) meaning "Kamizuru", a division in the area of Takaono in the city of Izumi in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan, and 喰 (bami), the joining form of 喰 (hami) meaning "to eat; to consume", referring to a river that ate and collapsed land.