Word Meaning 鯖虎

さばとら sabatora

鯖虎 is read as さばとら (sabatora) and means mackerel tabby (cat).

Meaning

English

mackerel tabby (cat)
grey tabby

Reading

Kana

さばとら

Romaji

sabatora

Writing Variants

サバ虎 さばとら sabatora
鯖トラ さばとら sabatora

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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鯖

さば

mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus)

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