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Keyword
tiger
  • drunkard
Frequency
#1653
Strokes
8
Grade
8
JLPT (old)
N1
Heisig
2145
Readings
とら100%
Mnemonic
A cartoonist draws a fierce head, then sketches legs underneath it so it can pounce right off the page: a snarling tiger.
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Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
虎とら
tiger (Panthera tigris)
Noun
白びゃっ虎こ
White Tiger (Taoist god said to rule over the western heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens
Noun
猛もう虎こ
fierce tiger; ferocious tiger; Hanshin Tigers (baseball team)
Noun
虎こ視し眈たん々たん
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
Adverb taking と
虎とらの巻まき
book of (trade) secrets; secrets; study guide (to supplement a textbook); crib; key
Expression
虎とらの子こ
tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings
Expression
雨虎あめふらし
sea hare (esp. species Aplysia kurodai)
Noun
虎杖いたどり
Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica); flowering bamboo
Noun
虎こ口こう
tiger's den; jaws of death; dangerous place
Noun
虎こ穴けつ
lion's den; very dangerous place or situation; tiger's den
Noun
竜りゅう虎こ
two mighty rivals; dragon and tiger
Noun
虎魚おこぜ
stingfish (Inimicus japonicus); scorpion fish; stonefish
Noun
虎とらの尾お
tiger's tail; gooseneck loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides); Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)
Expression
虎とら鶫つぐみ
White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); scaly thrush
Noun
虎とら猫ねこ
tabby cat; tiger cat; striped cat
Noun
虎落もがり
blackmail; extortion; coercion
Noun
虎とら毛げ
tiger stripes; brindle; brindled coloring
Noun
虎こ狼ろう
tigers and wolves; cruel and greedy brute
Noun
虎とら斑ふ木菟ずく
long-eared owl (Asio otus); northern long-eared owl
Noun
鬼おに達磨だるま虎魚おこぜ
reef stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa); stonefish; devilfish
Noun
虎とら斑ふ
tiger stripes; brindle; brindled coloring
Noun
虎とら斑ふ鮫ざめ
zebra shark (Stegostoma fasciatum)
Noun
岡おか虎とらの尾お
gooseneck loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides)
Noun
虎とら鱚ぎす
harlequin sandsmelt (Parapercis pulchella)
Noun