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猿さる
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Meanings
Noun
1. monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate (Usually kana)
4. sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
5. clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
Other spellings
さる
Kanji used
猿monkey
Pitch accent
さる
Used in vocabulary
猿さる渡わたり
monkey bars; horizontal ladder
Noun
日本にほん猿ざる
Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata)
Noun
猿さる芝しば居い
monkey show; bad acting; overacting; unconvincing performance; farce; clumsy subterfuge
Noun
りすざる
squirrel monkey (esp. the common squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus)
Noun
あかげざる
rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta); rhesus macaque
Noun
猿さる回まわし
showman who trains performing monkeys
Noun
くもざる
spider monkey
Noun
猿さる知ぢ恵え
shallow cunning; shallow cleverness
Noun
めがねざる
tarsier (Tarsius syrichta); specter lemur; spectre lemur
Noun
旧きゅう世せ界かい猿ざる
Old World monkey (any monkey of family Cercopithecidae)
Noun
新しん世せ界かい猿ざる
New World monkey (any monkey of infraorder Platyrrhini)
Noun
ようもうざる
woolly monkey (any New World monkey of genus Lagothrix)
Noun
Examples40
I saw some monkeys climbing the tree.
There are many monkeys on the mountain.
The forest is teeming with monkeys.
It's not a pig; it's a monkey.
The monkey came down.
Even the worthy Homer sometimes nods.