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Meanings
Noun
1. ネコ目(食肉目)ネコ科の哺乳動物。学名はPanthera tigris。アジア一帯の森林に生息し、体長はライオンと並んでネコ科最大、黄色の毛に黒色の縞模様があるのが特徴である。中国など東アジア文化圏においては、現実に最も恐れるべき猛獣として、獰猛さや残酷さの象徴とされる。
2. 言動が乱暴な酔っぱらい。
3. 阪神タイガースの略。
Kanji used
tiger
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (46 in total)
tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings
tabby cat; tiger cat; striped cat
big tiger; drinker; staggering drunkard
Examples (10 in total)
He likes tigers.
This is not a tiger.
We heard tigers roaring in the distance.
Tom likes tigers.
No wild tigers are to be found in Africa.
He attacked more savagely than a tiger.
I aimed at the tiger and fired, but missed him.
The lion and the tiger are two different species of cat.
You can call a cat a small tiger, and a tiger a big cat.
They succeeded in catching the tiger alive.