tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
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
tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings
fierce tiger; ferocious tiger; Hanshin Tigers (baseball team)
jaws of death; dangerous place; (lit.) tiger's den
tiger's den; jaws of death; dangerous place
big tiger; drinker; staggering drunkard
bedpan; chamber pot; potty; (arch.) baby tiger
book of (trade) secrets; secrets; study guide (to supplement a textbook); crib; key
person who swaggers about under borrowed authority; small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority; (lit.) a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger
tabby cat; tiger cat; striped cat
to play with fire; to do something very dangerous; to take a great risk; (lit.) to step on a tiger's tail
nothing ventured, nothing gained; (lit.) you will not get the tiger cub without entering the tiger's den
tigers and wolves; cruel and greedy brute
tiger pattern; striped (like a tiger)
nothing ventured, nothing gained; (lit.) you will not get the tiger cub without entering the tiger's den
papier-mâché tiger (toy with a loose, wobbly head); paper tiger; someone (or something) who is all bark and no bite; man of straw
dragon and tiger; (fig.) two mighty rivals
Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica); flowering bamboo
dragon and tiger; (fig.) two mighty rivals
papier-mâché tiger (toy with a loose, wobbly head); paper tiger; someone (or something) who is all bark and no bite; man of straw
small tiger; light drinker; occasional drinker
tiger's tail; gooseneck loosestrife (species of flowering plant, Lysimachia clethroides); Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)
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
making the strong even stronger
steel trap; foothold trap; bear trap
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
tiger's howling; (fig.) being out and active in the world (of a hero, etc.)
bristly beard; bristly mustache; tiger whiskers
bristly beard; bristly mustache
unevenly cropped (hair); badly cropped
tigers and leopards; daring person (animal, etc.); ferocious (person)
two equal rivals; (lit.) two tigers
saber-toothed tiger (sabre)
stingfish; scorpion fish; stonefish
between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire
a fight between equally great opponents
Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)
sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
winter wind whistling through a bamboo fence
to let loose something dangerous; (lit.) to let loose a tiger in the field
mackerel tabby (cat); grey tabby
bedpan; chamber pot; potty
Toranomon Incident (assassination attempt on Prince Regent Hirohito; December 27, 1923)
Japanese pufferfish (Takifugu rubripes); Japanese puffer; tiger puffer
bristly beard; bristly mustache; tiger whiskers
well-matched contest; (lit.) fight between a dragon and a tiger
steel trap; foothold trap; bear trap
sheep in a tiger's skin; gimcrack; showy without real worth; all show and no substance
a parent will do anything for their child; (lit.) a tiger will walk a thousand leagues and a thousand leagues back (for its cub)
tiger bean; tiger's eye bean
to let a fox into the henhouse; to do something dangerous; (lit.) to let loose a tiger in the marketplace
he has not lived that lives not after death; the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it; (lit.) tigers leave their hide when they die; men leave their name
tiger-striped pants; cakes or bread with a tiger pattern or face
Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica); Amur tiger
Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica); Siberian tiger
out of the frying pan into the fire; (lit.) out of the tiger's mouth into the dragon's den
tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings
goby (fish); yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus)
bedpan; chamber pot; potty
sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
jumping spider (any spider of family Salticidae)
jumping spider (any spider of family Salticidae)
mackerel tabby (cat); grey tabby
White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); scaly thrush
White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); scaly thrush
unevenly cropped (hair); badly cropped
unevenly cropped (hair); badly cropped
unevenly cropped (hair); badly cropped
Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)
devil stinger (Inimicus japonicus)
Toranomon Incident (assassination attempt on Prince Regent Hirohito; December 27, 1923)
drunk tank; cell for holding drunks
crib notes; key (to a diagram)
gooseneck loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides)
gooseneck loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides)
harlequin sandsmelt (Parapercis pulchella)
a parent will do anything for their child; (lit.) a tiger will walk a thousand leagues and a thousand leagues back (for its cub)
wasp beetle (Cerambycidae)
Galerina fasciculata (poisonous mushroom)
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
beach speedwell; Veronica Longifolia
Polygonum tenuicaule (species of knotweed)
Polygonum tenuicaule (species of knotweed)
Eusteralis yatabeana (species of plant in the mint family)
dapple gray (horse coat color); dapple grey
to group together against a stronger enemy
between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire
card indicating a pass in the higher Chinese civil service examinations
people will believe something false if many agree that it is true (an example of argumentum ad populum); (lit.) there's a tiger in the market
thick Osaka dialect (as supposedly spoken by Hanshin Tigers fans)
tiger rearing; keeping a tiger
rear a tiger and court disaster
rear a tiger and court disaster
to do something foolhardy; (lit.) to braid a tiger's whiskers
Lysimachia fortunei (species of loosestrife)
common bistort (Persicaria bistorta)
common bistort (Persicaria bistorta)
Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)
long-eared owl (Asio otus); northern long-eared owl
long-eared owl (Asio otus); northern long-eared owl
zebra shark (Stegostoma fasciatum)
false dragonhead (Physostegia virginiana); obedient plant
reef stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa); stonefish; devilfish
Hypodytes rubripinnis (species of waspfish)
grey stingfish (Minous monodactylus)
Indian bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus); bull frog; golden frog
alpine bistort (Bistorta vivipara)
tora velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis acclivis)
Chelonomorpha japona (species of owlet moth)