Word details

市に虎あり

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 市に虎あり.

Dictionary

Entry

市に虎ありいちにとらありExpression
1

Proverb

people will believe something false if many agree that it is true (an example of argumentum ad populum); there's a tiger in the market

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

market, city, town

5 strokesFrequency 42JLPT N3Grade 2

On

Kun

いち

Nanori

tiger, drunkard

8 strokesFrequency 1,653JLPT N1Grade 8

On

Kun

とら

Nanori

たけ

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