Results, 虎の尾を踏む

虎の尾を踏む【とらのおをふむtoranoowofumu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~む verb:
to play with fire; to take a great risk; to step on a tiger's tail [literal] - idiom

Kanji definition:

虎

常用中学校JLPTN1

コKO・とらtora

tiger; drunkard

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Example words:

虎【とらtora】: tiger (Panthera tigris); / drunkard; drunk; sot
市に虎を放つ【いちにとらをはなつichinitorawohanatsu】: to let a fox into the henhouse; to do something dangerous; to let loose a tiger in the marketplace
虎燕拳【こえんけんkoenken】: Tiger Swallow Fist
虎刈り【とらがりtoragari】: unevenly cropped (hair); badly cropped
虎巻【とらかんtorakan】: crib notes; key (to a diagram)

尾

常用中学校JLPTN1

ビBI・おo

tail; end; counter for fish; lower slope of mountain

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尾【おo】: tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; / slope at the foot of a mountain
尾根【おねone】: (mountain) ridge; spur
最後尾【さいこうびsaikoubi】: end of a line (queue)
首尾【しゅびshubi】: beginning and end; from beginning to end; / result; outcome; course of events; / dealing with something successfully
尾行【びこうbikou】: shadow; tail; following

踏

常用中学校JLPTN1

トウTOU・ふむfu.mu・ふまえるfu.maeru

step; trample; carry through; appraise; evade payment

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踏まえる【ふまえるfumaeru】: to be based on; to have origin in; / to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
踏切【ふみきりfumikiri】: railway crossing; railroad crossing; train crossing; level crossing; / starting line; scratch; / determination; / stepping over the edge of the ring
雑踏【ざっとうzattou】: hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
踏み切る【ふみきるfumikiru】: to take off; to jump; to leap; / to take the plunge; to decide; to embark on; to venture into; to launch out into; / to step out of the ring
踏む【ふむfumu】: to step on; to tread on; to trample on; / to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to visit; / to experience; to undergo; / to follow (rules, principles, etc.); to go through (e.g. formalities); to complete; / to estimate; to guess; to judge; to value; to appraise; / to rhyme; / to succeed to (e.g. the throne)

Kanji

コKO・とらtora

tiger; drunkard

ビBI・おo

tail; end; counter for fish; lower slope of mountain

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