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

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とら

tiger (Panthera tigris)

虎ノ門事件

とらのもんじけん

Toranomon Incident (assassination attempt on Prince Regent Hirohito; December 27, 1923)

虎目石

とらめいし

tigereye

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

虎の子

とらのこ

tiger cub

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