Word Meaning 虎の尾を踏む

とらのおをふむ tora no o o fumu

虎の尾を踏む is read as とらのおをふむ (tora no o o fumu) and means to play with fire.

Meaning

English

to play with fire
to do something very dangerous
to take a great risk
to step on a tiger's tail

Reading

Kana

とらのおをふむ

Romaji

tora no o o fumu

Writing Variants

とらの尾を踏む とらのおをふむ toranoo o fumu
トラの尾を踏む とらのおをふむ toranoo o fumu

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 37 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Proverb ✓ Rank 127808 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

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虎の尾

とらのお

Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)

虎の尾羊歯

とらのおしだ

Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)

零余子虎の尾

むかごとらのお

alpine bistort (Bistorta vivipara)

水虎の尾

みずとらのお

Eusteralis yatabeana (species of plant in the mint family)

岡虎尾

おかとらのお

gooseneck loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides)

春虎尾

はるとらのお

Polygonum tenuicaule (species of knotweed)

花虎の尾

はなとらのお

false dragonhead (Physostegia virginiana)

伊吹虎尾

いぶきとらのお

common bistort (Persicaria bistorta)

沼虎の尾

ぬまとらのお

Lysimachia fortunei (species of loosestrife)

虎

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