Kanji details for 猿
猿
Common kanji
monkey
KUN:
- さるsaru
ON:
- エンen
Nanori:
- さsa
- さわsawa
- ざるzaru
- ましmashi
Example words(showing 1-10 of 144 results)
noun
1.
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata), ape, non-human primate(usually kana)
See also:ニホンザル
2.
sly person(derogatory)
3.
idiot, hick(derogatory)
4.
sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
5.
clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
See also:自在鉤
6.
Other readings:
さる《猨》[1]
、サル
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
expression, noun
•
like cats and dogs, (on) very bad terms, relationship of dogs and monkeys(idiom )
noun
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red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra)(usually kana)
Other readings:
アカエリマキキツネザル
noun
•
rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta), rhesus macaque(usually kana)
Other readings:
アカゲザル
noun
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red-bellied lemur (Eulemur rubriventer)(usually kana)
Other readings:
アカハラキツネザル
noun
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scarlet rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus), common rosefinch(usually kana)
Other readings:
アカマシコ
expression, noun
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noun
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it is hard to keep one's worldly desires and passions in check(yojijukugo, Buddhist term)