Word Meaning 餓虎

がこ gako

餓虎 is read as がこ (gako) and means starving tiger.

Meaning

English

starving tiger

Reading

Kana

がこ

Romaji

gako

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 133947 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

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餓死

がし

(death from) starvation

餓死寸前

がしすんぜん

being on the verge of starvation

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

飢餓

きが

starvation

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

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