本を編む

ほんをあむ

to compile a book

舟を編む

ふねをあむ

The Great Passage (2011 novel by Shion Miura, 2013 movie, 2016 animated TV series)

編む

あむ

to knit, to plait, to braid

虎の尾を踏む

とらのおをふむ

to take great risks

触鬚

しょくしゅ

barbel, barb, palp, palpus

鬚髯

しゅぜん

mustache and beard

鬚鯨

ひげくじら ヒゲクジラ

baleen whale, whalebone whale

鬚虫

ひげむし ヒゲムシ

beard worm (any worm of phylum Pogonophora)

鯨鬚

くじらひげ げいしゅ げいす くじらひげ、げいしゅ、げいす

whalebone, baleen

編み込む

あみこむ

to weave within (hair, fabric, etc.)

虎

とら トラ

tiger (Panthera tigris)

群羊を駆って猛虎を攻む

ぐんようをかってもうこをせむ

Union is strength

蛇の鬚

じゃのひげ ジャノヒゲ

dwarf mondo grass (Ophiopogon japonicus)

虎を野に放つ

とらをやにはなつ とらをのにはなつ

to let loose a tiger in the field, to let loose something dangerous

市に虎を放つ

いちにとらをはなつ

to let a fox into the henhouse; to do something dangerous; to let loose a tiger in the marketplace

竜虎

りゅうこ りょうこ

dragon and tiger, two mighty rivals

両虎

りょうこ

two tigers, two rivals

虎髭

とらひげ

bristly beard or mustache

虎魚

おこぜ

stingfish, scorpion fish, stonefish