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Meanings
Noun
1. tiger (Panthera tigris)
Each of them is about the size of a normal tiger.
2. drunkard; drunk; sot
Last night our department head was completely plastered.
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (46 in total)
steel trap; foothold trap; bear trap
tabby cat; tiger cat; striped cat
tabby cat; tiger cat; striped cat
tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings
big tiger; drinker; staggering drunkard
book of (trade) secrets; secrets; study guide (to supplement a textbook); crib; key
book of (trade) secrets; secrets; study guide (to supplement a textbook); crib; key
tiger's tail; gooseneck loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides); Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)
tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings
bristly beard; bristly mustache
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 pattern; striped (like a tiger)
small person acting arrogantly on someone else's authority; person who borrows the authority of another to browbeat others; (lit.) a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger
to play with fire; to do something very dangerous; to take a great risk; (lit.) to step on a tiger's tail
Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica); Amur tiger
small tiger; light drinker; occasional drinker
between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire; (lit.) a tiger at the front gate, a wolf at the back gate
brown tabby cat
brown tabby cat
mackerel tabby (cat); grey tabby
mackerel tabby (cat); grey tabby
tiger hunt
making the strong even stronger; (lit.) (giving) wings to a tiger
Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)
tiger stripes; brindle; brindled coloring
tiger stripes; brindle; brindled coloring
kanji "tiger" radical
Japanese pufferfish (Takifugu rubripes); Japanese puffer; tiger puffer
White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); scaly thrush
Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)
tigereye; tiger's-eye
Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica); Siberian tiger
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)
tiger bean; tiger's eye bean
crib notes; key (to a diagram)
tiger-striped pants; cakes or bread with a tiger pattern or face
Chelonomorpha japona (species of owlet moth)
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
kanji "tiger" radical
dapple gray (horse coat color); dapple grey
between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire; (lit.) a tiger at the back gate, a wolf at the front gate
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
tora velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis acclivis)
leopard moray eel (Enchelycore pardalis); dragon moray eel
Examples (16 in total)
I want to see a tiger.
He likes tigers.
This is not a tiger.