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    3. 虎の威を借る狐

    虎の威を借る狐

    虎とらの​威いを​借かる​狐きつね

    person who swaggers about under borrowed authority

    NTExpressionsEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab41 strokes

    とらのいをかるきつね

    Expressions

    1.
    person who swaggers about under borrowed authority, small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority, a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger
    idiomatic expression

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    Characters that make up this word

    虎
    とら…(2)
    tiger・drunkard
    Kanji
    威
    おど.す・おど.し・おど.かす…(4)
    intimidate・dignity・majesty・menace・threaten
    Kanji
    借
    か.りる…(1)
    borrow・rent
    Kanji
    狐
    きつね…(1)
    fox
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
    を
    wo
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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