Kanji
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White Tiger (god said to rule over the western heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
fierce tiger; ferocious tiger; Hanshin Tigers (baseball team)
bedpan; chamber pot; potty; (arch.) baby tiger
jaws of death; dangerous place; (lit.) tiger's den
tigers and wolves; cruel and greedy brute
tiger's den; jaws of death; dangerous place
nothing ventured, nothing gained; (lit.) you will not get the tiger cub without entering the tiger's den
dragon and tiger; (fig.) two mighty rivals
tiger cub
riding a tiger
having no choice but to carry on; having no choice but to go on; being unable to change one's course of action; (lit.) (with the) momentum of (a man) riding a tiger
tiger's howling; (fig.) being out and active in the world (of a hero, etc.)
tiger fur
bristly beard; bristly mustache; tiger whiskers
tigers and leopards; daring person (animal, etc.); ferocious (person)
two equal rivals; (lit.) two tigers
starving tiger
saber-toothed tiger (sabre)
a fight between equally great opponents
sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
well-matched contest; (lit.) fight between a dragon and a tiger
tigereye; tiger's-eye
sheep in a tiger's skin; gimcrack; showy without real worth; all show and no substance
out of the frying pan into the fire; (lit.) out of the tiger's mouth into the dragon's den
one calamity followed close on the heels of another; out of the frying pan into the fire; (lit.) tiger in front, wolf in the back
to group together against a stronger enemy
thick Osaka dialect (as supposedly spoken by Hanshin Tigers fans)
tiger rearing; keeping a tiger
Tiger Swallow Fist
rear a tiger and court disaster
rear a tiger and court disaster
to do something foolhardy; (lit.) to braid a tiger's whiskers
Galerina fasciculata (poisonous mushroom)
card indicating a pass in the higher Chinese civil service examinations