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おこ
かれ
トラなるという
いんゆ
隠喩
れい
である
"He's a tiger when he's angry" is an example of metaphor.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to get angry; to get mad
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
2. to tell someone off; to scold  (this meaning is restricted to reading おこる)
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pronoun
1. he; him
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Most common form: とら
noun
1. tiger (Panthera tigris)
2. drunkard; drunk; sot  (colloquialism)
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain  (often written with kana only)
2. to result in; to prove to be
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expression
1. called; named; that says; that  (often written with kana only)
2. as many as; as much as  (after a quantity; often written with kana only)
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metaphor
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Most common form: れい
noun, noun (prefix), 'no' adjective
1. custom; practice; habit; usual
2. said; aforementioned
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
ド   angry   おこ    いか to be angry   
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ド   guy
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
また again   
シン   こころ heart   
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
イン   かく to hide, to conceal   かくれる to hide, to be in hiding   
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claws a yo from your heart
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claw
yo; yell
hill   
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ユ   illustrate
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ユ    in general; generalization   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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レイ   example   たとえる to illustrate, to compare   たとえば for example   
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レツ    row   
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トウ   かたな sword   
death
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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