Words — 163 found
とらせんりいせんりかえ
虎は千里往って千里還る
1. a parent will do anything for their child; a tiger will walk a thousand leagues and a thousand leagues back (for its cub)Proverb, See also 千里
虎は千里行って千里帰る 【とらはせんりいってせんりかえる】
いちとらはな
市に虎を放つ
1. to let a fox into the henhouse; to do something dangerous; to let loose a tiger in the marketplaceIdiomatic expression
いちとら
市に虎あり
1. people will believe something false if many agree that it is true (an example of argumentum ad populum); there's a tiger in the marketProverb
こうもんのとら、ぜんもんのおおかみ
後門の虎、前門の狼
1. between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire; a tiger at the back gate, a wolf at the front gateIdiomatic expression, See also 前門の虎、後門の狼
ぜんもんのとら、こうもんのおおかみ
前門の虎、後門の狼
1. between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire; a tiger at the front gate, a wolf at the back gateIdiomatic expression
とらいかきつね
虎の威を借る狐
1. person who swaggers about under borrowed authority; small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority; a fox that borrows the authority of a tigerIdiomatic expression
ぜんここうろう
前虎後狼
1. one calamity followed close on the heels of another; out of the frying pan into the fire; tiger in front, wolf in the backYojijukugo (four character compound)
きこいきお
騎虎の勢い
1. having no choice but to carry on; having no choice but to go on; being unable to change one's course of action; (with the) momentum of (a man) riding a tigerIdiomatic expression, from the Book of Sui
2. cakes or bread with a tiger pattern or face
1. tiger's howling
2. being out and active in the world (of a hero, etc.)
ようしつこひ
羊質虎皮
1. sheep in a tiger's skin; gimcrack; showy without real worth; all show and no substanceYojijukugo (four character compound)
1. tiger's den; jaws of death; dangerous placeIdiomatic expression
もうこべん
猛虎弁
1. thick Osaka dialect (as supposedly spoken by Hanshin Tigers fans)Slang, Jocular, humorous term
とらふがえる
虎斑蛙
1. Indian bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus); bull frog; golden frogUsually written using kana alone
トラフガエル
1. lion's den; very dangerous place or situation; tiger's den
とらめいし
虎目石
1. tigereye; tiger's-eyeGeology
虎目石 【とらのめいし】、虎眼石 【とらめいし】、虎眼石 【とらのめいし】、虎眼石 【こがんせき】