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はなとらのお花虎の尾ハナトラノオNounExpressionUsually kana
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false dragonhead (Physostegia virginiana); obedient plant

おにだるまおこぜ鬼達磨鰧鬼達磨虎魚オニダルマオコゼNounUsually kana
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reef stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa); stonefish; devilfish

前門の虎、後門の狼ぜんもんのとら、こうもんのおおかみExpression
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Idiomatic expression

between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire; a tiger at the front gate, a wolf at the back gate

むかごとらのお零余子虎の尾ムカゴトラノオNounUsually kana
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alpine bistort (Bistorta vivipara)

養虎の患いようこのうれいExpression
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Proverb

rear a tiger and court disaster

養虎の患えようこのうれえExpression
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Proverb

rear a tiger and court disaster

虎ノ門事件虎の門事件とらのもんじけんNounFreq #239867
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Historical term

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

コロリ《虎狼痢》NounUsually kanaFreq #51250
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Dated term; Pun on コレラ and ころりと死ぬ

cholera

養虎ようこNounFreq #55599
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Rare term

tiger rearing; keeping a tiger

剣歯虎けんしこNounFreq #180936
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Rare term

saber-toothed tiger (sabre)

Examples
剣歯虎が絶滅したのは氷河時代であった。
It was during the ice age that the saber-toothed tiger became extinct.
虎葦毛とらあしげNoun
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Rare term

dapple gray (horse coat color); dapple grey

虎疫こえきNoun
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Obsolete term

cholera

虎鬚を編むこしゅをあむExpressionGodan verb
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Idiomatic expression; Rare term

to do something foolhardy; to braid a tiger's whiskers

虎子《まる》こしNounFreq #73701
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Archaic

bedpan; chamber pot; potty

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こし only

baby tiger; hard-earned reward

強請虎落《もがり》NounArchaicFreq #157821
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blackmail; extortion; coercion

虎榜こぼうNounArchaic
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card indicating a pass in the higher Chinese civil service examinations

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