Word Meaning 虎鬚を編む

こしゅをあむ koshu o amu

虎鬚を編む is read as こしゅをあむ (koshu o amu) and means to do something foolhardy.

Meaning

English

  1. to do something foolhardy
  2. to braid a tiger's whiskers

Reading

Kana

こしゅをあむ

Romaji

koshu o amu

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 51 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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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

虎口

ここう

tiger's den

編む

あむ

to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.)

本を編む

ほんをあむ

to compile a book

編込む

あみこむ

to weave in (a pattern, colour, material, etc.)

編み物

あみもの

knitting