Moto 虎: Tiger; DrunkardKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- コ
- Kun'yomi
- とら
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 135 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (コ)
- 両虎りょうこtwo equal rivals; two tigers
- 人虎じんこwerecat
- 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
- 剣歯虎けんしこsaber-toothed tiger (sabre)
- 暴虎馮河ぼうこひょうがfoolhardy courage
- 猛虎もうこfierce tiger; ferocious tiger
- 猛虎弁もうこべんthick Osaka dialect (as supposedly spoken by Hanshin Tigers fans)
- 白虎びゃっこWhite Tiger (god said to rule over the western heavens)
- 竜攘虎搏りゅうじょうこはくfierce fighting
- 竜虎りゅうこdragon and tiger; two mighty rivals
- 竜虎の争いりゅうこのあらそいwell-matched contest; fight between a dragon and a tiger
- 竜虎相搏つりゅうこあいうつa fight between equally great opponents
- 羊質虎皮ようしつこひsheep in a tiger's skin; gimcrack
- 群羊を駆って猛虎を攻むぐんようをかってもうこをせむto group together against a stronger enemy
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 虎とらtiger (Panthera tigris)
- 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)
- 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
- 大虎おおとらbig tiger
- 小虎ことらsmall tiger
- 岡虎の尾おかとらのおgooseneck loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides)
- 市に虎ありいちにとらありpeople will believe something false if many agree that it is true (an example of argumentum ad populum); there's a tiger in the market
- 市に虎を放ついちにとらをはなつto let a fox into the henhouse; to do something dangerous
- 張り子の虎はりこのとらpapier-mâché tiger (toy with a loose, wobbly head)
- 後門の虎前門の狼こうもんのとらぜんもんのおおかみbetween the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire
- 春虎の尾はるとらのおPolygonum tenuicaule (species of knotweed)
- 水虎の尾みずとらのおEusteralis yatabeana (species of plant in the mint family)
- 沼虎の尾ぬまとらのおLysimachia fortunei (species of loosestrife)
- 瑠璃虎の尾るりとらのおbeach speedwell; Veronica Longifolia
- 花虎の尾はなとらのおfalse dragonhead (Physostegia virginiana); obedient plant
- 虎に翼とらにつばさmaking the strong even stronger
- 虎の仔とらのこtiger cub
- 虎の威を借る狐とらのいをかるきつねperson who swaggers about under borrowed authority; small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority
- 虎の子とらのこtiger cub
- 虎の尾とらのおtiger's tail
- 虎の尾を踏むとらのおをふむto play with fire; to do something very dangerous
- 虎の巻とらのまきbook of (trade) secrets; secrets
- 虎の門事件とらのもんじけんToranomon Incident; assassination attempt on Prince Regent Hirohito, Dec. 27, 1923
- 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a parent will do anything for their child; a tiger will walk a thousand leagues and a thousand leagues back (for its cub)
- 虎は千里行って千里帰るとらはせんりいってせんりかえるa parent will do anything for their child; a tiger will walk a thousand leagues and a thousand leagues back (for its cub)
- 虎は死して皮を留め人は死して名を残すとらはししてかわをとどめひとはししてなをのこすhe has not lived that lives not after death; the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it
- 虎ばさみとらばさみsteel trap; foothold trap
- 虎を野に放つとらをのにはなつto let loose something dangerous; to let loose a tiger in the field
Other readings
- お虎子おまるbedpan; chamber pot
- きじ虎きじトラbrown tabby cat
- キジ虎きじトラbrown tabby cat
- 伊吹虎の尾いぶきとらのおcommon bistort (Persicaria bistorta)
- 伊吹虎尾いぶきとらのおcommon bistort (Persicaria bistorta)
- 姫虎魚ひめおこぜgrey stingfish (Minous monodactylus)
- 岡虎尾おかとらのおgooseneck loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides)
- 張子の虎はりこのとらpapier-mâché tiger (toy with a loose, wobbly head)
- 御虎子おまるbedpan; chamber pot
- 春虎尾はるとらのおPolygonum tenuicaule (species of knotweed)
- 猟虎らっこsea otter (Enhydra lutris)
- 獺虎らっこsea otter (Enhydra lutris)
- 花虎魚はなおこぜsargassum fish
- 葉虎魚はおこぜHypodytes rubripinnis (species of waspfish)
- 虎の尾羊歯とらのおしだAsplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)
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