虎 (とら) — tiger | Kumi Dictionary

虎 (とら) — tiger | Kumi Dictionary

虎とら

tiger

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Concepts using this kanji

tiger (Panthera tigris)

cholera

werecat

big tiger

tigereye

市に虎を放つ

to let a fox into the henhouse

市に虎あり

people will believe something false if many agree that it is true (an example of argumentum ad populum)

tiger's den

tiger cub

bedpan

small tiger

虎ノ門事件

Toranomon Incident (assassination attempt on Prince Regent Hirohito; December 27, 1923)

虎を野に放つ

to let loose something dangerous

two equal rivals

papier-mâché tiger (toy with a loose, wobbly head)

Eusteralis yatabeana (species of plant in the mint family)

tora velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis acclivis)

White Tiger (Taoist god said to rule over the western heavens)

bamboo fence

gooseneck loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides)

tiger cub

false dragonhead (Physostegia virginiana)

Polygonum tenuicaule (species of knotweed)

竜虎の争い

well-matched contest

wasp beetle (Cerambycidae)

kanji "tiger" radical

tiger's tail

虎の尾を踏む

to play with fire

one calamity followed close on the heels of another

伊吹虎の尾

common bistort (Persicaria bistorta)

虎は死して皮を留め人は死して名を残す

he has not lived that lives not after death

sargassum fish

零余子虎の尾

alpine bistort (Bistorta vivipara)

虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず

nothing ventured, nothing gained

虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず

nothing ventured, nothing gained

book of (trade) secrets

crib notes

thick Osaka dialect (as supposedly spoken by Hanshin Tigers fans)

養虎の患い

rear a tiger and court disaster

養虎の患え

rear a tiger and court disaster

虎を画きて狗に類す

attempting to be something you are not

後門の虎、前門の狼

between the devil and the deep sea

前門の虎、後門の狼

between the devil and the deep sea

tiger fur

tiger pattern

虎柄パンツ

tiger-striped pants

虎口を逃れて竜穴に入る

out of the frying pan into the fire

tiger rearing

lion's den

Lysimachia fortunei (species of loosestrife)

騎虎の勢い

having no choice but to carry on

シベリア虎

Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)

tiger-striped pants

スマトラ虎

Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)

steel trap

ベンガル虎

Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

mackerel tabby (cat)

アムール虎

Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)

stingfish (Inimicus japonicus)

dragon and tiger

虎は千里往って千里還る

a parent will do anything for their child

fierce tiger

tiger bean

Japanese pufferfish (Takifugu rubripes)

winter wind whistling through a bamboo fence

saber-toothed tiger (sabre)

kanji "tiger" radical

making the strong even stronger

sheep in a tiger's skin

unevenly cropped (hair)

vigilantly (watching for an opportunity)

cholera

tigers and leopards

虎の尾羊歯

Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)

竜虎相搏つ

a fight between equally great opponents

grey stingfish (Minous monodactylus)

Chelonomorpha japona (species of owlet moth)

foolhardy courage

虎の威を借る狐

person who swaggers about under borrowed authority

tiger hunt

Galerina fasciculata (poisonous mushroom)

riding a tiger

瑠璃虎の尾

beach speedwell

starving tiger

群羊を駆って猛虎を攻む

to group together against a stronger enemy

bristly beard

long-eared owl (Asio otus)

dapple gray (horse coat color)

虎鬚を編む

to do something foolhardy

Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica)

tigers and wolves

tiger stripes

Indian bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus)

card indicating a pass in the higher Chinese civil service examinations

cholera

Tiger Swallow Fist

tiger's howling

White's thrush (Zoothera dauma)

harlequin sandsmelt (Parapercis pulchella)

fierce fighting

zebra shark (Stegostoma fasciatum)

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