Word Meaning 虎口

ここう kokou

虎口 is read as ここう (kokou) and means tiger's den.

Meaning

English

  1. tiger's den
  2. jaws of death
  3. dangerous place

Reading

Kana

ここう

Romaji

kokou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 116931 Priority S

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

蛇口

じゃぐち

faucet

猪口

ちょく

sake cup

滝口

たきぐち

top of a waterfall

傷口

きずぐち

(opening of) a wound

陰口

かげぐち

malicious gossip