Word Meaning 虎穴

こけつ koketsu

虎穴 is read as こけつ (koketsu) and means lion's den.

Meaning

English

lion's den
very dangerous place or situation
tiger's den

Reading

Kana

こけつ

Romaji

koketsu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 132855 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

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

墓穴

ぼけつ

grave (pit)

洞穴

どうけつ

cave

穴

あな

(partitioned) box (type of floor seating in a traditional Japanese theatre)

風穴

かざあな

air hole

Example Sentences

虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず。

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

虎穴に入らずんば、虎子を得ず。

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.