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猿 さる N3

  1. ape; monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); non-human primate
  2. sly person
  3. hick; idiot
  4. sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
  5. clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
  6. bathhouse prostitute

猿 ましら

  1. monkey

猿ぐつわをかます さるぐつわをかます

  1. to gag someone

猿の尻笑い さるのしりわらい

  1. a monkey's laughter at (another monkey's) buttocks; people who live in glass houses throwing stones; the pot calling the kettle black

猿の惑星 さるのわくせい

  1. Planet of the Apes (novel and series of films)

猿の腰掛け さるのこしかけ

  1. polypore (bracket fungus, esp. of family Polyporaceae)

猿も木から落ちる さるもきからおちる

  1. anyone can make a mistake; even Homer sometimes nods; even monkeys fall from trees; pride comes before a fall

猿人 えんじん

  1. ape man

猿回し さるまわし

  1. showman who trains performing monkeys

猿子 ましこ

  1. rosefinch (any finch of genus Carpodacus)
  2. monkey
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