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
monkey show; bad acting; overacting; unconvincing performance
baby monkey; small monkey
mountain monkey; wild monkey; mountain dweller; bumpkin; boor
anthropoid ape; anthropoid; ape
monkey bars; horizontal ladder
indiscriminate imitation; monkey see, monkey do; blind follower
sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); (arch.) noh; (arch.) fooling around
hill in a monkey enclosure (at a zoo, etc.)
cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship); (lit.) dogs and monkeys
monkey-like face (e.g. protruding ears); simian features
Sarutahiko (Shinto god); Sarudahiko; Sarutabiko; Sarudabiko
indiscriminate imitation; monkey see, monkey do; blind follower
cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship); (lit.) dogs and monkeys
baby monkey; small monkey
showman who trains performing monkeys
shallow cunning; shallow cleverness
ape mask; ape-like face; ape face
gibbon (any small, long-armed ape of family Hylobatidae)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate
even monkeys fall from trees; anyone can make a mistake; pride comes before a fall; even Homer sometimes nods
three wise monkeys (who "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil")
monkey (esp. a gibbon); hand of the puppeteer (puppet theatre); kappa; (arch.) menstrual period
ninja (esp. those serving the Uesugi clan during the Sengoku period)
Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra); crested black macaque; Sulawesi crested macaque; black ape
tarsier (Tarsius syrichta); specter lemur; spectre lemur
Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata)
young person with a monkey-like face (nickname for Toyotomi Hideyoshi)
monkey; ape; personification of a monkey (e.g. Mr. Monkey)
rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta); rhesus macaque
it is hard to keep one's worldly desires and passions in check
person who has lost something they used to rely on; (lit.) a monkey fallen from the tree
rosefinch (any finch of genus Carpodacus); monkey
say-not monkey (one of the three wise monkeys)
to stretch one's arms; to elongate one's arms
useless person; good-for-nothing
crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
monkey booze; sake-like liquid produced by the fermentation of fruits left by monkeys in tree caches or hollows in rocks
cercopithecoid (any Old World monkey of family Cercopithecidae, esp. the guenons of genus Cercopithecus)
earthenware toy portraying a monkey sitting on top of a deer (often a bell)
Simiiformes (infraorder comprising the simians, i.e. higher primates)
the principle of see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil; the policy of "see-not, hear-not, and speak-not"
backside part of the shamisen's neck where it meets the body
hardy kiwi (Actinidia arguta); kiwi berry; tara vine; bower vine
hear-not monkey (one of the three wise monkeys)
ape hand (deformity); simian hand
Ardipithecus ramidus (species of hominin)
useless person; good-for-nothing
trying to reach above one's station and failing; trying to accomplish something beyond one's abilities and failing; (lit.) monkey catching (a reflection of) the moon (in the water)
damages inflicted by monkeys (on crops, etc.)
see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil; the three wise monkeys
baby monkey; small monkey
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata)
monkey bars; horizontal ladder
crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
squirrel monkey (esp. the common squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus)
polypore (bracket fungus, esp. of family Polyporaceae)
any monkey of family Cebidae (esp. the capuchin monkeys of genus Cebus, but also including marmosets, tamarins and squirrel monkeys)
see-not monkey (one of the three wise monkeys)
ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)
green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus, sometimes considered to be a subspecies of Chlorocebus aethiops)
Smilax china (species of sarsaparilla)
proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus); long-nosed monkey
old man's beard (any lichen of genus Usnea)
siamang (species of gibbon, Symphalangus syndactylus)
brown capuchin; tufted capuchin (Cebus apella)
common squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus)
cheek pouch (monkey, squirrel, etc.); iron mask that covers the chin and cheeks (worn by samurai); Anadara kagoshimensis (species of ark clam)
cheek pouch (monkey, squirrel, etc.); iron mask that covers the chin and cheeks (worn by samurai); Anadara kagoshimensis (species of ark clam)
white-handed gibbon; lar gibbon (Hylobates lar)
Ardipithecus ramidus (species of hominin)
Monkey Fist; Monkey-Style kung-fu
(being unable to control) one's worldly desires and passions
monkey brain (eaten as a delicacy, medicine, etc.)
Old World monkey (any monkey of family Cercopithecidae)
catarrhine (primate of infraorder Catarrhini having nostrils that are close together, esp. the Old World monkeys of family Cercopithecidae)
platyrrhine (primate of infraorder Platyrrhini, which have nostrils that are far apart)
New World monkey (any monkey of infraorder Platyrrhini)
work hakama that are loose at the top and tight at the bottom
Strepsirrhini (primate suborder)
Haplorhini (primate suborder)
the pot calling the kettle black; people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
lone monkey; stray monkey
loris (esp. a slow loris)
love-lies-bleeding (amaranthus caudatus); tassel flower; velvet flower; foxtail amaranth
denied freedom (of how to live one's life); (lit.) living like a caged bird
to try and reach above one's station and fail; to try and accomplish something beyond one's abilities and fail; (lit.) a monkey tries to catch the moon (and drowns)
to try and reach above one's station and fail; (lit.) a monkey catches (a reflection of) the moon (in the water)
long-tailed rosefinch (Uragus sibiricus)
Yakushima macaque (Macaca fuscata yakui)
aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
woolly monkey (any New World monkey of genus Lagothrix)
hoolock gibbon (either of the two gibbons in genus Hoolock)
common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)
pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)
mustached monkey (Cercopithecus cephus); moustached guenon
purple finch (Carpodacus purpureus)
Bonin grosbeak (Chaunoproctus ferreorostris, extinct)
Pallas's rosefinch (Carpodacus roseus)
Asian rosy finch (Leucosticte arctoa)
crowned lemur (Eulemur coronatus)
common brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus); brown lemur
black lemur (Eulemur macaco)
red-bellied lemur (Eulemur rubriventer)
black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata)
red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra)
Coiba Island howler (Alouatta coibensis)
mantled howler (Alouatta palliata); golden-mantled howling monkey
black-capped squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis)
Central American squirrel monkey (Saimiri oerstedii)
pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina)
anthropoid ape; anthropoid; pongid; ape
snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus spp., esp. the golden snub-nosed monkey, Rhinopithecus roxellana)
snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus spp.)
Formosan rock macaque (Macaca cyclopis); Formosan rock monkey; Taiwanese macaque
Anadara kagoshimensis (species of ark clam)
Anadara kagoshimensis (species of ark clam)
Smilax biflora var. trinervula (variety of a species of greenbrier)
scarlet rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus); common rosefinch
Calanthe tricarinata (species of orchid)