虎

Expressions

tiger's tail

Word usually written using kana alone

gooseneck loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides)

Word usually written using kana alone

Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)

Idiomatic expression

making the strong even stronger; (giving) wings to a tiger

tiger stripes

sea otter (Enhydra lutris)

tiger hunt

tiger's howling

being out and active in the world (of a hero, etc.)

Poetical term

bamboo fence (oft. a diagonally linked one)

Poetical term

undebranched bamboo used as a drying frame

Word usually written using kana alone

bristly beard; bristly mustache

こしゅ／こぜん only

tiger whiskers

kanji "tiger" radical

White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); scaly thrush

Likening to a tiger's fur pattern

unevenly cropped (hair); badly cropped

tigers and leopards

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

daring person (animal, etc.); ferocious (person)

devil stinger (Inimicus japonicus)

stingfish (Inimicus japonicus); scorpion fish; stonefish

Geology

tigereye; tiger's-eye

winter wind whistling through a bamboo fence

mackerel tabby (cat); grey tabby

Japanese pufferfish (Takifugu rubripes); Japanese puffer; tiger puffer

Slang

drunk tank; cell for holding drunks

tiger bean; tiger's eye bean

Abbreviation

tiger-striped pants

cakes or bread with a tiger pattern or face

harlequin sandsmelt (Parapercis pulchella)

wasp beetle (Cerambycidae)

Martial arts

Tiger Swallow Fist