Meaning of 後門虎前狼 in Japanese

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Definition of 後門虎前狼

  1. (n) door (esp. Japanese-style) →Related words:

    2人の兵士が、門のところで見張りをしていた。
    Two soldiers kept guard at the gate.

  2. entrance (to a home)
  3. narrows
とら(tora) · トラ(tora)

虎 Kanji Details

  1. (n) tiger (Panthera tigris)

    万一虎がおりから出てきたらどうしますか。
    If a tiger should come out of the cage, what would you do?

  2. drunk person
  1. (n, adj-no) behind; rear →Related words: 後ずさり
  2. after; later →Related words: その後
  3. after one's death
  4. remainder; the rest
  5. descendant; successor; heir
  6. past; previous
  7. (n-adv) more (e.g. five more minutes)
のち(nochi)

後 Kanji Details

  1. (n, adj-no) later; afterwards; since
  2. future
  3. after one's death
  4. descendant
  1. (n) back; behind; rear

    後ろを刈り上げてください。
    I want it tapered in the back.

  1. (n) buttocks; behind; rump; bottom

    1週間後に、その家は倒壊した。
    Down fell the house a week later.

  2. undersurface; bottom
  3. last place; end
  4. consequence

    あと2通手紙を書かなくてはならない。
    I have another two letters to write.

  1. (n, adj-no, n-suf, pref) previous; prior; former; some time ago; preceding

    その作家はどの位前になくなりましたか。
    How long ago did the author die?

  2. point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle

    1987年10月のある朝、スティーブン・ホーキングは自分のコンピューターの前に座っていた。
    One October morning in 1987, Stephen Hawking sat before his computer.

  3. head (of a line); front
  4. ahead; the other side
  5. the future; hereafter
  6. destination

    わぁあ〜〜っ!?隠してっ!前、隠してよっ!
    M-my goodness!? Cover-up! Cover yourself up!

  7. the other party
  1. (n-pref) the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. "the last mayor"); previous; one-time; former →Related words:
  2. (before the name of an era) pre- (e.g. "premodern")
  3. (adj-no, n) before; earlier
  1. (n-adv, n-t, suf) ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour) →Related words:
  2. in front (of); before (e.g. the house)
  3. head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part
  4. in the presence of
  5. helping; portion →Related words: 人前
  6. privates; private parts
おおかみ(ookami) · おおかめ(ookame) · おいぬ(oinu) · オオカミ(ookami)

狼 Kanji Details

  1. (n) wolf (carnivore, Canis lupus)

    その少年は狼が来ると言った。
    The boy said a wolf would come.

  2. wolf (in sheep's clothing)
かど(kado) · もん(mon)

門 Kanji Details

  1. (n, n-suf) gate
  2. branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master
  3. (biological) division
  4. (ctr) counter for cannons
  1. (suf) after →Related words: 午後
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