Word Meaning 虎狼

ころう korou

虎狼 is read as ころう (korou) and means cruel and greedy brute.

Meaning

English

cruel and greedy brute
tigers and wolves

Reading

Kana

ころう

Romaji

korou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Rank 156678 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

虎狼痢

ころり

cholera

後門の虎前門の狼

こうもんのとらぜんもんのおおかみ

between the devil and the deep sea

前門の虎後門の狼

ぜんもんのとらこうもんのおおかみ

between the devil and the deep sea

前虎後狼

ぜんここうろう

one calamity followed close on the heels of another

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

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虎狼死家左々右エ門 Sazaemon Koroshiya

虎狼来 Kororon