Keyword
monkey
Info
FrequencyTop 1700-1800
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig430
Readings
さる
(87%)
えん
(6%)
ざる
(5%)
Composed of
animal
earth
mouth
cape
Used in vocabulary (159 in total)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
Examples (15 in total)
Even a monkey can solve a problem as simple as this one.
My monkey ran away!
When a big ape emerged from the cave, they got frightened and ran away.