Search Terms: *狼*
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noun
1.
wolf (Canis lupus)(usually kana)
2.
wolf in sheep's clothing, womanizer
Other readings:
おおかめ《狼》[1]
、おいぬ《狼》[1]
、オオカミ
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
1.
2.
red wolf (Canis rufus)(usually kana)
Other readings:
アカオオカミ
noun
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lone wolf, loner, self-reliant person
Other readings:
一匹オオカミ【いっぴきオオカミ】
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
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to be flustered, to lose one's presence of mind(usually kana)
noun
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Hokkaido wolf (Canis lupus hattai, extinct)(usually kana)
Other readings:
エゾオオカミ
noun
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Ethiopian wolf (carnivore, Canis simensis), Abyssinia jackal, simian jackal, simenian jackal, simenian wolf
noun
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Bering wolffish (Anarhichas orientalis)(usually kana)
Other readings:
オオカミウオ
noun
1.
boy raised by wolves
2.
boy who cried wolf
Other readings:
オオカミ少年【オオカミしょうねん】
noun
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"gentleman" who escorts a woman home, only to make a pass at her
noun
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purple marshlocks (Comarum palustre), swamp cinquefoil, marsh cinquefoil(usually kana)
Other readings:
クロバナロウゲ
expression
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between the devil and the deep sea, out of the frying pan into the fire(idiom )
See also:前門の虎後門の狼 (ぜんもんのとらこうもんのおおかみ)
noun
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simenian wolf (carnivore, Canis simensis), Abyssinia jackal, simian jackal, simenian jackal, Ethiopian wolf
noun, auxillary suru verb
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consternation, falling into a panic, fluster, confusion, dismay, discomfiture(yojijukugo)
expression
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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)