Search Terms: 猿*
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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
noun
•
damages inflicted by monkeys (on crops, etc.)
Other readings:
猿害【さるがい】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kana usage
noun
•
love-lies-bleeding (amaranthus caudatus), tassel flower, velvet flower, foxtail amaranth
See also:紐鶏頭
Other readings:
エンコウゲイトウ
noun
•
trying to reach above one's station and failing, trying to accomplish something beyond one's abilities and failing, monkey trying to catch the moon (and drowning)(yojijukugo)
expression, Godan-ru verb
•
to try and reach above one's station and fail, to try and accomplish something beyond one's abilities and fail, a monkey tries to catch the moon (and drowns)(idiom )
See also:猿猴捉月
expression, Godan-su verb
•
to stretch one's arms, to elongate one's arms(obscure)
noun
•
old man's beard (any lichen of genus Usnea)(usually kana)
Other readings:
サルオガセ
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
noun, no-adjective
•
monkey-like face (e.g. protruding ears), simian features
Other readings:
猿顔【さるがお】
、さる顔【さるがお】
noun
1.
sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries)(archaism)
2.
3.
fooling around(only relevant for さるごう)
Other readings:
猿楽【さるごう】
、申楽【さるがく】
、申楽【さるごう】
、散楽【さるがく】
、散楽【さるごう】
expression, Godan-su verb
•
to gag someone
Other readings:
猿轡をかます【さるぐつわをかます】
noun
•
monkey booze, sake-like liquid produced by the fermentation of fruits left by monkeys in tree caches or hollows in rocks
Other readings:
猿酒【ましらざけ】
noun
1.
monkey show
2.
bad acting, overacting, unconvincing performance, farce, clumsy subterfuge(idiom )
noun
•
crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)(usually kana)
Other readings:
さるすべり《猿滑》
、さるすべり《猿滑り》
、ひゃくじつこう《百日紅》
、しび《猿滑》
、サルスベリ
noun
•
Sarutahiko (Shinto god), Sarudahiko, Sarutabiko, Sarudabiko
Other readings:
猿田彦【さるだひこ】
、猿田彦【さるたびこ】
、猿田彦【さるだびこ】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage