Keyword
tiger
Info
FrequencyTop 1500-1600
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 2
Heisig2145
Readings
とら
(66%)
(31%)
(1%)
Composed of
tiger's head
legs
Mnemonic

Tiger's head on legs is a tiger.

Used in kanji (5 in total)
jewelled utensil
fabulous dolphin-like fish
ID number [old]
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Used in vocabulary (136 in total)
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
tiger cub
small tiger; light drinker; occasional drinker
riding a tiger
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
tiger stripes
tiger fur
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
kanji "tiger" radical
unevenly cropped (hair); badly cropped
tigers and leopards; daring person (animal, etc.); ferocious (person)
two equal rivals; (lit.) two tigers
starving tiger
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)
tigereye; tiger's-eye
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
tiger-striped pants
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
bamboo fence; extortion
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)
tigereye; tiger's-eye
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)
brown tabby cat
brown tabby cat
brown tabby cat
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)
Tiger Swallow Fist
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
kanji "tiger" radical
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)
Examples (11 in total)
This is not a tiger.
He likes tigers.
You can call a cat a small tiger, and a tiger a big cat.