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さる
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate
2. sly person
3. idiot; hick
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
Alt. forms
猿さる
77%
サル
18%
さる
4%
猨さる
Pitch accent
さ
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Used in: 246
Used in vocabulary (25 in total)
(mouth) gag
monkey
crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
22 more...
Examples (11 in total)
My monkey ran away!
Do you think monkeys are cute?
Monkeys can learn a lot of tricks.
The fat woman was holding a monkey.
I'm not talking to you; I'm talking to the monkey.
He climbed up the tree like a monkey.
The monkeys are grooming each other.
Even a monkey can solve a problem as simple as this one.
Three boys climbed the trees like a bunch of monkeys.
I persuaded the policeman not to shoot the monkey.
When a big ape emerged from the cave, they got frightened and ran away.