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to-adverb, taru-adjective
(watching) vigilantly for an opportunity to prey upon, with an eagle eye(yojijukugo)
Other readings:
虎視眈眈【こしたんたん】

しゅ
koshuwoamu
expression, Godan-mu verb
to do something foolhardy, to braid a tiger's whiskers(idiom , obscure)

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
tiger's howling
2.
being out and active in the world (of a hero, etc.)

noun
1.
small tiger
2.
light drinker, occasional drinker(idiom )
See also:大虎

noun
1.
tigers and leopards
noun, no-adjective
2.
daring person (animal, etc.), ferocious (person)

noun
card indicating a pass in the higher Chinese civil service examinations(archaism)
See also:科挙

noun
Galerina fasciculata (poisonous mushroom)(usually kana)
Other readings:
コレラタケ

noun
1.
tigers and wolves
2.
cruel and greedy brute(idiom )

noun
cholera(usually kana)(pun on コレラ and ころりと死ぬ)
See also:コレラ,  ころり
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun
mackerel tabby (cat), grey tabby(usually kana)
Other readings:
さばトラ《鯖トラ》
さばとら《鯖虎》
サバトラ

とら
shiberiatora
noun
Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), Amur tiger(usually kana)
Other readings:
シベリアトラ

とら
sumatoratora
noun
Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)(usually kana)
Other readings:
スマトラトラ
スマトラ・トラ

expression
one calamity followed close on the heels of another, out of the frying pan into the fire, tiger in front, wolf in the back(yojijukugo)

noun
dapple gray (horse coat color), dapple grey(obscure)
See also:連銭葦毛

noun
tora velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis acclivis)(usually kana)
Other readings:
トラエビ

noun
Chelonomorpha japona (species of owlet moth)(usually kana)
Other readings:
トラガ

noun
kanji "tiger" radical
See also:虎冠

noun
wasp beetle (Cerambycidae)(usually kana)
Other readings:
トラカミキリ

noun
tiger pattern, striped (like a tiger)

no-adjective, noun
unevenly cropped (hair), badly cropped(likening to a tiger's fur pattern)
Other readings:
虎刈【とらがり】
とら刈り【とらがり】
虎苅り【とらがり】
虎苅【とらがり】

noun
tiger hunt
Other readings:
虎狩【とらがり】

noun
crib notes, key (to a diagram)

noun
harlequin sandsmelt (Parapercis pulchella)(usually kana)
Other readings:
トラギス

noun
White's thrush (Zoothera dauma), scaly thrush(usually kana)
Other readings:
とらつぐみ《虎鶇》
トラツグミ

expression
making the strong even stronger(idiom )
See also:鬼に金棒

noun
tabby cat, tiger cat, striped cat
Other readings:
虎猫【とらねこ】
とら猫【とらねこ】
トラネコ

とらつね
toranoiwokarukitsune
expression
person who swaggers about under borrowed authority, small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority, a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger(idiom )

noun
1.
tiger's tail
2.
gooseneck loosestrife (species of flowering plant, Lysimachia clethroides)(usually kana)
See also:岡虎の尾
3.
Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)(usually kana)

とらしだ
toranooshida
noun
Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)(usually kana)
Other readings:
トラノオシダ

とら
toranoowofumu
expression, Godan-mu verb
to play with fire, to do something very dangerous, to take a great risk, to step on a tiger's tail(idiom )
Other readings:
トラの尾を踏む【トラのおをふむ】
とらの尾を踏む【とらのおをふむ】

noun
1.
tiger cub
2.
one's treasure, precious(idiom )
Other readings:
トラの子【トラのこ】
とらの子【とらのこ】
トラの仔【トラのこ】
虎の仔【とらのこ】

expression, noun
1.
book of (trade) secrets, secrets
2.
study guide (to supplement a textbook), crib, key

とらもんけん
toranomonjiken
noun
Toranomon Incident, assassination attempt on Prince Regent Hirohito, Dec. 27, 1923
Other readings:
虎の門事件【とらのもんじけん】

noun
drunk tank, cell for holding drunks(slang)
Other readings:
虎箱【とらばこ】

noun
steel trap, foothold trap, bear trap(usually kana)
Other readings:
とらばさみ《虎挟み》
トラバサミ

とらかわとどひとのこ
torahashishitekawawotodomehitohashishitenawonokosu
expression
he has not lived that lives not after death, the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it, tigers leave their hide when they die; men leave their name(proverb)

noun
1.
tiger-striped pants(abbreviation)
2.
cakes or bread with a tiger pattern or face

noun
1.
bristly beard, bristly mustache(usually kana)
2.
tiger whiskers(only relevant for こしゅ and こぜん)
Other readings:
とらひげ《虎髯》
とらひげ《虎鬚》
こしゅ《虎鬚》
こぜん《虎髯》

noun
Indian bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus), bull frog, golden frog(usually kana)
Other readings:
トラフガエル

noun
Japanese pufferfish (Takifugu rubripes), Japanese puffer, tiger puffer(usually kana)
Other readings:
トラフグ

noun
zebra shark (Stegostoma fasciatum)(usually kana)
Other readings:
トラフザメ

noun
long-eared owl (Asio otus), northern long-eared owl(usually kana)
Other readings:
とらふずく《虎斑木兎》[1]
トラフズク
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun
tigereye, tiger's-eye(geology term)
Other readings:
虎目石【とらのめいし】
虎眼石【とらめいし】
虎眼石【とらのめいし】
虎眼石【こがんせき】

とらはな
torawononihanatsu
expression, Godan-tsu verb
to let loose something dangerous, to let loose a tiger in the field(idiom )

noun
Lysimachia fortunei (species of loosestrife)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ヌマトラノオ

noun
jumping spider (any spider of family Salticidae)(usually kana)
Other readings:
はえとりぐも《蝿取蜘蛛》
はえとりぐも《蠅虎》
はえとりぐも《蝿虎》
ハエトリグモ

noun
Hypodytes rubripinnis (species of waspfish)(usually kana)
Other readings:
はおこぜ《葉虎魚》
ハオコゼ

noun
1.
goby (fish)
2.
yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus)
See also:真鯊
Other readings:
沙魚【はぜ】
蝦虎魚【はぜ】

expression, noun
false dragonhead (Physostegia virginiana), obedient plant(usually kana)
Other readings:
ハナトラノオ

とら
harikonotora
expression, noun
1.
papier-mâché tiger (toy with a loose, wobbly head)
2.
paper tiger, someone (or something) who is all bark and no bite, man of straw(idiom )
Other readings:
張子の虎【はりこのとら】

noun
Polygonum tenuicaule (species of knotweed)
Other readings:
春虎尾【はるとらのお】

noun
grey stingfish (Minous monodactylus)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ヒメオコゼ

noun
1.
White Tiger (god said to rule over the western heavens)
See also:四神
2.
seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens(astronomy term)
See also:二十八宿
Other readings:
白虎【はっこ】

とら
bengarutora
noun
Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ベンガルトラ

noun
1.
bedpan, chamber pot, potty
See also:御虎子
2.
baby tiger(archaism)(only relevant for こし)
Other readings:
虎子【こし】

noun
Eusteralis yatabeana (species of plant in the mint family)

むかごとらお
mukagotoranoo
noun
alpine bistort (Bistorta vivipara)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ムカゴトラノオ

noun
1.
fierce tiger, ferocious tiger
2.
Hanshin Tigers (baseball team)

noun
thick Osaka dialect (as supposedly spoken by Hanshin Tigers fans)(slang, humerous)

noun
tiger rearing, keeping a tiger(obscure)

noun
sheep in a tiger's skin, gimcrack, showy without real worth, all show and no substance(yojijukugo)

noun
sea otter (Enhydra lutris)(usually kana)
Other readings:
らっこ《猟虎》
らっこ《海猟》
らっこ《獺虎》
ラッコ

noun
dragon and tiger, two mighty rivals
Other readings:
竜虎【りょうこ】
龍虎【りゅうこ】
龍虎【りょうこ】

りゅうこらそ
ryuukonoarasoi
expression, noun
well-matched contest, fight between a dragon and a tiger

noun
two equal rivals, two tigers(idiom )

とら
ruritoranoo
noun
beach speedwell, Veronica Longifolia
Other readings:
兎児尾苗【るりとらのお】