Search Terms: *虎*
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noun
1.
tiger (Panthera tigris)
2.
drunkard, drunk, sot(colloquialism)
Other readings:
トラ
noun
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sea hare (esp. species Aplysia kurodai)(usually kana)
Other readings:
あめふらし《雨虎》
、あめふらし《雨降》
、アメフラシ
noun
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Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica), flowering bamboo(usually kana)
Other readings:
イタドリ
expression
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people will believe something false if many agree that it is true (an example of argumentum ad populum), there's a tiger in the market(proverb)
Godan-tsu verb
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to let a fox into the henhouse, to do something dangerous, to let loose a tiger in the marketplace(idiom )
noun
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common bistort (Persicaria bistorta)(usually kana)
Other readings:
いぶきとらのお《伊吹虎尾》
、イブキトラノオ
noun
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gooseneck loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides)(usually kana)
Other readings:
おかとらのお《岡虎尾》
、オカトラノオ
noun
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stingfish, scorpion fish, stonefish
Other readings:
鰧【おこぜ】[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
noun
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devil stinger (Inimicus japonicus)(usually kana)
Other readings:
おにおこぜ《鬼虎魚》
、オニオコゼ
noun
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reef stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa), stonefish, devilfish(usually kana)
Other readings:
おにだるまおこぜ《鬼達磨虎魚》
、オニダルマオコゼ
expression
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having no choice but to carry on, having no choice but to go on, being unable to change one's course of action, (with the) momentum of (a man) riding a tiger(idiom )(from the Book of Sui)
noun
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brown tabby cat(usually kana)
Other readings:
キジとら《キジ虎》
、きじとら《きじ虎》
、きじとら《雉虎》
、キジトラ
expression, Godan-mu verb
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to group together against a stronger enemy(idiom )
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)
expression
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nothing ventured, nothing gained, you will not get the tiger cub without entering the tiger's den(proverb)
Other readings:
虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず【こけつにいらずんばこしをえず】
、虎穴に入らずんば虎児を得ず【こけつにいらずんばこじをえず】