Word Meaning 雉虎

きじとら kijitora

雉虎 is read as きじとら (kijitora) and means brown tabby cat.

Meaning

English

brown tabby cat

Reading

Kana

きじとら

Romaji

kijitora

Writing Variants

きじ虎 きじとら kijitora
キジ虎 きじとら kijitora
雉トラ きじとら kijitora

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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雉

きじ

green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor)

虎

とら

tiger (Panthera tigris)

張子の虎

はりこのとら

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

人虎

じんこ

werecat

大虎

おおとら

big tiger

小虎

ことら

small tiger

両虎

りょうこ

two equal rivals

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

市に虎を放つ

いちにとらをはなつ

to let a fox into the henhouse

虎を野に放つ

とらをのにはなつ

to let loose something dangerous