匹

Meaning

匹 centers on pairing or matching: something equal to another, a roll of cloth as a matched unit, or counting small animals as individual matched items. The 'head' sense is an older counting word for animals that fits the same idea of a single matched unit.

• 匹ひき
  N3

  counter for small animals

• 匹敵ひってき
  N1

  to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to

• 一匹狼いっぴきおおかみ

  lone wolf; loner; self-reliant person

• 一匹いっぴき

  one (small animal)

• ミミズ千匹ミミズせんびき

  thousand earthworms (as a description for a vagina that has many folds and provides extraordinary pleasure during intercourse)

• 三匹のこぶたさんぴきのこぶた

  The Three Little Pigs (fable)

• 匹偶ひつぐう

  pair; couple (husband and wife)

• 匹儔ひっちゅう

  equal; match

• 匹夫ひっぷ

  man of humble position; commoner; ordinary man

• 匹夫の勇ひっぷのゆう

  rash courage

• 匹夫も志を奪うべからずひっぷもこころざしをうばうべからず

  one cannot shake the will of even the lowliest man; a person's will should be respected; even a menial deserves his convictions

• 匹夫匹婦ひっぷひっぷ

  coarse men and women

• 匹婦ひっぷ

  coarse woman; country woman

• 單槍匹馬たんそうひつば

  doing something on one's own without another's help

• 大山鳴動して鼠一匹たいざんめいどうしてねずみいっぴき

  much ado about nothing; great cry and little wool; the mountain laboured and brought forth a mouse

• 数匹すうひき

  several animals

• 猫の子一匹いないねこのこいっぴきいない

  completely deserted

• 男一匹おとこいっぴき

  shining example of a man

• 絹一匹きぬいっぴき

  one roll of silk

• 蟻が１０匹ありがじゅっぴき

  thank you; thanks

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