Word Meaning 虎に翼

とらにつばさ tora ni tsubasa

虎に翼 is read as とらにつばさ (tora ni tsubasa) and means making the strong even stronger.

Meaning

English

making the strong even stronger

Reading

Kana

とらにつばさ

Romaji

tora ni tsubasa

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Proverb ✓ Rank 136655 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

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虎

とら

tiger (Panthera tigris)

虎ノ門事件

とらのもんじけん

Toranomon Incident (assassination attempt on Prince Regent Hirohito; December 27, 1923)

虎は死して皮を留め人は死して名を残す

とらはししてかわをとどめひとはししてなをのこす

he has not lived that lives not after death

虎目石

とらめいし

tigereye

虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず

こけつにいらずんばこじをえず

nothing ventured, nothing gained

虎を野に放つ

とらをのにはなつ

to let loose something dangerous

虎子

こし

baby tiger

虎の子

とらのこ

tiger cub

虎口を逃れて竜穴に入る

ここうをのがれてりゅうけつにいる

out of the frying pan into the fire

虎口

ここう

tiger's den

翼

よく

Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

右翼

うよく

right wing (in soccer, rugby, etc.)