獅子（しし）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: lion
Example sentences
- お寺の前に獅子の像がある。 — There's a lion statue in front of the temple.
- 獅子は強くて立派な動物だ。 — The lion is a strong, magnificent animal.
Idioms & proverbs containing “獅子”
- 獅子は我が子を千尋の谷に落とす (ししはわがこをせんじんのたににおとす) — make your dear ones face trials so that they may grow; spare the rod, spoil the child; the lion drops its cubs into the abyss (only raising the ones who climb back up)
- 獅子奮迅 (ししふんじん) — furious (energy, battle, etc.); frenzied (work, activity, etc.); ferocious
- 獅子身中 (しししんちゅう) — treacherous friend; snake in one's bosom; treacherous insider
- 獅子に鰭 (ししにひれ) — making something strong even stronger; (giving) fins to a lion
- 獅子身中の虫 (しししんちゅうのむし) — snake in one's bosom; treacherous friend
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