象
Meanings
1
elephant
Refers to the animal elephant. Used in general contexts.
I saw an elephant at the zoo.
Usage patterns
- 象に乗るto ride an elephant
In Thailand, tourists can ride elephants.
- 象を飼うto keep/raise an elephant
The zoo keeps several elephants.
Expressions
- 象の檻elephant cage; Wullenweber antenna
- 群盲象を撫ずthe mediocre have no right to criticize the great
- 群盲象を評すthe mediocre cannot understand the great
- 群盲象を撫でるthe blind men and the elephant; the mediocre have no right to criticize the great
- 象が踏んでも壊れないextremely robust; strong enough for an elephant to step on
- 女の髪の毛には大象も繋がるno man can resist the lure of a woman