虎の尾

Japanese

Kanji in this term
虎	尾
とら Grade: S	お Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

Literally, “tiger's tail”, 虎(とら) (tora, “tiger”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 尾(お) (o, “tail”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞ɾa̠ no̞ o̞]

Noun

虎(とら)の尾(お) • (tora no o) 

1. Synonym of 岡虎の尾 (oka tora no o, “gooseneck loosestrife, Lysimachia clethroides”)
2. Synonym of 虎の尾羊歯 (tora no o shida, “Asplenium incisum”)
3. Synonym of 虎の尾桜 (tora no o zakura, “a cultivar of cherry tree”)
4. Synonym of 山蘇鉄 (yama sotetsu, “Plagiogyria matsumureana”)
5. Synonym of 瑠璃虎の尾 (ruri tora no o, “azure speedwell, Veronica subsessilis”)
6. Synonym of 九蓋草 (kugaisō, “Veronicastrum japonicum”)
7. Synonym of 天南星 (tennanshō, “plants of genus Arisaema”)
8. Synonym of 杉蘭 (sugiran, “Phlegmariurus cryptomerinus, a species of clubmoss”)
9. Synonym of 犬粟 (inuawa, “Setaria chondrachne”)
10. Synonym of 海虎の尾 (umi tora no o, “Sargassum thunbergii”)

Derived terms

• 虎(とら)の尾桜(おざくら) (tora no o zakura)
• 虎(とら)の尾羊歯(おしだ) (tora no o shida)
• 海虎尾(うみとらのお) (umi tora no o)
• 丘虎(おかとら)の尾(お) (oka tora no o)
• 沢虎(さわとら)の尾(お) (sawa tora no o)
• 沼虎(ぬまとら)の尾(お) (numa tora no o)
• 塗虎(ぬりとら)の尾(お) (nuri tora no o)
• 水虎(みずとら)の尾(お) (mizu tora no o)
• 瑠璃虎(るりとら)の尾(お) (ruri tora no o)