Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Japanese term or phrase:
Tora tora tora
English translation:
Tiger, tiger, tiger
Added to glossary by
Antoinette Verburg
Feb 22, 2002 20:42
22 yrs ago
Japanese term
brian waterman
tora tora tora
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What does tora tora tora mean?
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Antoinette Verburg
Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands
2 MA degrees and 32 years of experience
Native in: Dutch 
Works in: English to Dutch, Dutch
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Tiger, tiger, tiger
Tiger = 'the code signal sent by the command aircraft of Lieutenant Commander Mitsuo Fuchida to the Japanese flagship Akagi after complete surprise had been achieved in the bombing.' (see link)
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Note added at 2002-02-22 20:56:25 (GMT)
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\'Tiger\' was the code signal for \'attack\' (http://www.duke.edu/~tks1/tiger.html)
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Note added at 2002-02-22 21:03:28 (GMT)
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Please also have a look at this link: http://japanese.about.com/bl50kanji2_tora.htm
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Note added at 2002-02-22 20:56:25 (GMT)
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\'Tiger\' was the code signal for \'attack\' (http://www.duke.edu/~tks1/tiger.html)
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Note added at 2002-02-22 21:03:28 (GMT)
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Please also have a look at this link: http://japanese.about.com/bl50kanji2_tora.htm
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8 mins
Attack, attack, attack!
Tora means "attack" in Japanese.
HTH,
Serge L.
HTH,
Serge L.
Reference:
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Sven Petersson
: Bad guess, see Mirror below!
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That's what I've always been told... didn't know it was a code, but Barbara seems to agree with me
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Antoinette Verburg
: She may agree, but she's wrong. :) Please have a look at my links.
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John Kinory (X)
: Exactly.
31 mins
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Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)
: yes
38 days
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15 mins
Barbara Østergaard
Denmark
Denmark
Works in field
Denmark
Software, marketing & legal expert
Native in: Danish (Variant: Standard (rigsdansk))
Works in: English to Danish, Swedish to Danish, Norwegian to Danish, and 2 more.
attack, attack, attack
I found this on the link below:
New York, NY: I'm reading Day of Infamy by Walter Lord right now, and for some reason he does not define, "Tora, Tora, Tora." Do you know the definition or what the Zero Pilots used this term for? Thanks
Tom Brokaw: As I recall, it means attack, attack, attack. The film is being re-leased, by the way. The phase was used when the planes began their attack on Pearl Harbor.
New York, NY: I'm reading Day of Infamy by Walter Lord right now, and for some reason he does not define, "Tora, Tora, Tora." Do you know the definition or what the Zero Pilots used this term for? Thanks
Tom Brokaw: As I recall, it means attack, attack, attack. The film is being re-leased, by the way. The phase was used when the planes began their attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Sven Petersson
: Bad guess, see Mirror above!
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As you can see, my suggestion was confirmed - and it seems that other pros agree!
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Antoinette Verburg
: please check my links
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John Kinory (X)
: As above
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25 mins
tiger tiger tiger
Tora! Tora! Tora! was the radio message sent by Mitsuo Fushida, the leader of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, to his superiors.
"Mitsuo Fuchida earned a place in world history as the leader of Japan's surprise attack on Hawaii, aimed at the U.S. Navy ships based at Pearl Harbor and other military bases. It was Fuchida that sent the famous radio message code words; Tora! Tora! Tora! (Tiger, Tiger, Tiger!). This three word message told Fuchida's superiors, planner Minoru Genda, and Admirals Nagumo and Yamamoto that complete surprise had been achieved."
http://vikingphoenix.com/public/rongstad/bio-obit/fuchida1.h...
"Mitsuo Fuchida earned a place in world history as the leader of Japan's surprise attack on Hawaii, aimed at the U.S. Navy ships based at Pearl Harbor and other military bases. It was Fuchida that sent the famous radio message code words; Tora! Tora! Tora! (Tiger, Tiger, Tiger!). This three word message told Fuchida's superiors, planner Minoru Genda, and Admirals Nagumo and Yamamoto that complete surprise had been achieved."
http://vikingphoenix.com/public/rongstad/bio-obit/fuchida1.h...
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John Kinory (X)
: Yep - that's the one
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J_R_Tuladhar
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Thanks Jina
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Timothy Takemoto
: Very good research.
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Timothy Takemoto
Native in English
Native speakers of English and Japanese
Native in: English 
Works in: Japanese to English, English to Japanese
Complete surprise has been achieved
Mirror and Sue have the correct answer in their links and in the explanation but it still seems unclear.
Literally "Tora" is Japanese for "tiger", but this coded message meant "complete "surprise has been achieved."
Literally "Tora" is Japanese for "tiger", but this coded message meant "complete "surprise has been achieved."
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