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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
book of (trade) secrets; secrets; study guide (to supplement a textbook); crib; key
small tiger; light drinker; occasional drinker
person who swaggers about under borrowed authority; small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority; (lit.) a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger
tiger pattern; striped (like a tiger)
papier-mâché tiger (toy with a loose, wobbly head); paper tiger; someone (or something) who is all bark and no bite; man of straw
papier-mâché tiger (toy with a loose, wobbly head); paper tiger; someone (or something) who is all bark and no bite; man of straw
tiger's tail; gooseneck loosestrife (species of flowering plant, Lysimachia clethroides); Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)
making the strong even stronger
① 虎に似た模様。
bristly beard; bristly mustache; tiger whiskers
bristly beard; bristly mustache
① 漢字の部首「⾌」の呼称の一つ。
between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire
Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)
tigereye; tiger's-eye
to let loose something dangerous; (lit.) to let loose a tiger in the field
Toranomon Incident (assassination attempt on Prince Regent Hirohito; December 27, 1923)
bristly beard; bristly mustache; tiger whiskers
mackerel tabby (cat); grey tabby
tigereye; tiger's-eye
to let a fox into the henhouse; to do something dangerous; (lit.) to let loose a tiger in the marketplace
tiger bean; tiger's eye bean
tiger-striped pants; cakes or bread with a tiger pattern or face
tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings
steel trap; foothold trap; bear trap
① フグ目フグ科トラフグ属に属する魚の一種。学名:Takifugu rubripes。
Toranomon Incident (assassination attempt on Prince Regent Hirohito; December 27, 1923)
crib notes; key (to a diagram)
between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire
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
dapple gray (horse coat color); dapple grey
① 漢字の部首「⾌」の呼称の一つ。
Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica); Amur tiger
Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica); Siberian tiger
brown tabby cat
brown tabby cat
brown tabby cat
mackerel tabby (cat); grey tabby
Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)
White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); scaly thrush
White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); scaly thrush
tora velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis acclivis)
Chelonomorpha japona (species of owlet moth)
Examples (10 in total)
He likes tigers.
This is not a tiger.
We heard tigers roaring in the distance.