虎|とらtora[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nountiger (Panthera tigris)
    万一まんいち虎とらがおりから出でてきたらどうしますか。↗
    If a tiger should come out of the cage, what would you do?
  2. noundrunkard; drunk; sot
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymタイガーNeutralKatakana loanword from English; neutral in register. Like 虎, it denotes the animal, but it is not used figuratively for a drunkard.

Use 虎 for the animal and for its figurative sense 'drunkard'; タイガー, the neutral katakana loanword from English, is a synonym for the animal only.

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Japanese definitions
  1. とら。
  2. 酔っ払よっぱらい。
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