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蛇 へび

  1. snake
  2. large snake; serpent

蛇口 じゃぐち N2

  1. faucet; tap

蛇の目 じゃのめ

  1. bull's-eye (pattern); double ring (pattern)
  2. umbrella with bull's-eye pattern

蛇行 だこう

  1. meandering; snaking; zigzagging

蛇いちご へびいちご

  1. false strawberry (Duchesnea chrysantha); mock strawberry

蛇に噛まれて朽ち縄に怖じる へびにかまれてくちなわにおじる

  1. once bitten twice shy; to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake); to become over cautious from a bad experience

蛇の生殺し へびのなまごろし

  1. dragging out tortuously; half-killing a snake; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering; limbo; state of uncertainty

蛇の目の砂 じゃのめのすな

  1. sand circle around the ring

蛇の目傘 じゃのめがさ

  1. paper umbrella (with a bull's-eye design)

蛇の目蝶 じゃのめちょう

  1. grayling; satyrid (any butterfly of subfamily Satyrinae, esp. the dryad, Minois dryas)
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