Word Meaning 虎の威を借る狐

とらのいをかるきつね tora no i o karukitsune

虎の威を借る狐 is read as とらのいをかるきつね (tora no i o karukitsune) and means person who swaggers about under borrowed authority.

Meaning

English

  1. person who swaggers about under borrowed authority
  2. small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority
  3. a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger

Reading

Kana

とらのいをかるきつね

Romaji

tora no i o karukitsune

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 41 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 準1級 Rank 164037 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

とら

tiger (Panthera tigris)

虎の門事件

とらのもんじけん

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

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

虎口

ここう

tiger's den

きつ

fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes)

威張る

いばる

to put on airs

権威

けんい

(an) authority (on)

借金

しゃっきん

number of games under the .500 mark