In Japanese, "tiger" is トラ (tora). It is a noun pronounced "toh-rah".
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トラ is written in katakana. Romanised as tora, it sounds roughly like "toh-rah" to an English ear.
あのトラはとても可愛いです。
Ano Tora wa totemo kawaii desu.
That tiger is very cute.
Tora (トラ) is the Japanese word for tiger. Animal vocabulary is engaging for learners and appears frequently in games, zoos, farms, and nature programs.
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トラ is a neutral, everyday word that works in both casual and polite speech. The level of formality comes from the sentence structure around it, not from the word itself.
トラ is written using katakana. Katakana is typically used for words of foreign origin or to give emphasis.
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