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虎 とら N3

  1. tiger (Panthera tigris)
  2. drunk; drunkard; sot

虎列刺 コレラ

  1. cholera

虎に翼 とらにつばさ

  1. (giving) wings to a tiger; making the strong even stronger

虎の威を借る狐 とらのいをかるきつね

  1. a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger; person who borrows the authority of another to browbeat others; small person acting arrogantly on someone else's authority

虎の子 とらのこ

  1. tiger cub
  2. one's treasure; precious savings

虎の尾 とらのお

  1. tiger's tail
  2. gooseneck loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides)
  3. Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)

虎の尾を踏む とらのおをふむ

  1. to do something very dangerous; to play with fire; to step on a tiger's tail; to take a great risk

虎の尾羊歯 とらのおしだ

  1. Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)

虎の巻 とらのまき

  1. book of (trade) secrets; secrets
  2. crib; key; study guide (to supplement a textbook)

虎は千里往って千里還る とらはせんりいってせんりかえる

  1. a parent will do anything for their child; a tiger will walk a thousand leagues and a thousand leagues back (for its cub)
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