Word Meaning 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 koketsu ni irazumbakoji o ezu

虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず is read as こけつにいらずんばこじをえず (koketsu ni irazumbakoji o ezu) and means nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Meaning

English

  1. nothing ventured, nothing gained
  2. you will not get the tiger cub without entering the tiger's den

Reading

Kana

こけつにいらずんばこじをえず

Romaji

koketsu ni irazumbakoji o ezu

Writing Variants

  • 虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず こけつにいらずんばこしをえず koketsu ni irazumbakoshi o ezu
  • 虎穴に入らずんば虎児を得ず こけつにいらずんばこじをえず koketsu ni irazumbakoji o ezu

Stroke Sequence

13 Characters • 59 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Proverb Rank 82746 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

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虎子

こし

baby tiger

虎の子

とらのこ

tiger cub

虎穴

こけつ

lion's den

遺伝子導入

いでんしどうにゅう

transgenesis

遺伝子移入

いでんしいにゅう

introgression

川穴子

かわあなご

spinycheek sleeper (Eleotris oxycephala)

真穴子

まあなご

common Japanese conger eel (Conger myriaster)

二穴同時挿入

にけつどうじそうにゅう

double penetration

穴子

あなご

conger eel (esp. the common Japanese conger, Conger myriaster)

穴があったら入りたい

あながあったらはいりたい

(to be ashamed enough) to wish you could just disappear

張子の虎

はりこのとら

papier-mâché tiger (toy with a loose, wobbly head)

Example Sentences

1

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.