虎穴

こけつ

Meanings

1. Noun lion's den; very dangerous place or situation (literally: tiger's den)

Kanji

• 虎 tiger. Read as コ.
• 穴 hole. Read as ケツ.

Example sentences

• 諺にもある通り「虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず」だ。
  As the saying goes, "Nothing ventured, nothing gained."
• 虎穴に入らずんば、虎子を得ず。
  Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Words containing 虎穴

• 虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず (こけつにいらずんばこじをえず) nothing ventured, nothing gained
• 虎穴に入らずんば (こけつにいらずんば) nothing ventured, nothing gained

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