虎とら髭ひげ

noun

bristly beard; bristly mustache

Refers to a coarse, bristly beard or mustache, likened to a tiger's whiskers. Usually written in kana.

• 彼かれはとらひげを生はやしている。

  He has a bristly beard.

• とらひげを剃そるのが大たい変へんだ。

  Shaving a bristly beard is tough.

noun

tiger whiskers

Only with reading こしゅ / こぜん

Literal meaning: the whiskers of a tiger. Restricted to the rare readings こしゅ and こぜん.

• 「虎こ鬚しゅ」を「こしゅ」と読よむと、虎とらのひげそのものを指さす。

  When 虎鬚 is read as こしゅ, it refers to the actual whiskers of a tiger.