Word Meaning 虎天牛

とらかみきり torakamikiri

虎天牛 is read as とらかみきり (torakamikiri) and means wasp beetle (Cerambycidae).

Meaning

English

wasp beetle (Cerambycidae)

Reading

Kana

とらかみきり

Romaji

torakamikiri

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 127956 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

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天牛

かみきりむし

long-horned beetle

胡麻斑天牛

ごまだらかみきり

white-spotted citrus longhorned beetle (Anoplophora malasiaca)

牛頭天王

ごずてんのう

Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)

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

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

闘牛

とうぎゅう

fighting bull