虎

Meaning

虎 centers on the tiger as a fierce, powerful animal. The extended sense of 'drunkard' likely comes from the image of a wild, unrestrained person, like a tiger on a rampage.

• 虎とら
  N3

  tiger (Panthera tigris)

• 白虎びゃっこ

  White Tiger (Taoist god said to rule over the western heavens)

• 猛虎もうこ

  fierce tiger; ferocious tiger

• 虎視眈々こしたんたん

  vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye

• 虎の巻とらのまき

  book of (trade) secrets; secrets

• 虎の子とらのこ

  tiger cub

• 虎杖いたどり

  Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica); flowering bamboo

• 虎口ここう

  tiger's den; jaws of death; dangerous place

• アムール虎アムールとら

  Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica); Siberian tiger

• サバ虎サバとら

  mackerel tabby (cat); grey tabby

• シベリア虎シベリアとら

  Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica); Amur tiger

• スマトラ虎スマトラとら

  Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)

• ベンガル虎ベンガルとら

  Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

• 両虎りょうこ

  two equal rivals; two tigers

• 人虎じんこ

  werecat

• 伊吹虎の尾いぶきとらのお

  common bistort (Persicaria bistorta)

• 前虎後狼ぜんここうろう

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

• 前門の虎、後門の狼ぜんもんのとら、こうもんのおおかみ

  between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire; a tiger at the front gate, a wolf at the back gate

• 剣歯虎けんしこ

  saber-toothed tiger (sabre)

• 大虎おおとら

  big tiger

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