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
Kanji used
monkey
Pitch accent
Top 5100
Used in vocabulary (26 in total)
(mouth) gag
① 日本の伝統芸能のひとつで能楽の原型になったもので伎楽や散楽にものまねなどの滑稽な笑いの芸や寸劇などを加えた芸能。② 平安時代から鎌倉時代において能楽法師が祭礼などで1.を街で行ったもの。③ 平安時代以降に諸大寺で呪師の芸能の後に1.が演じられたもの。④ 明治初期までの能と狂言の旧称。
monkey show; bad acting; overacting; unconvincing performance
hill in a monkey enclosure (at a zoo, etc.)
① 他人の言動の本質的な意味を理解せずに表面だけ真似ること。
Sarutahiko (Shinto god); Sarudahiko; Sarutabiko; Sarudabiko
undershorts
showman who trains performing monkeys
cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship); (lit.) dogs and monkeys
① 他人の言動の本質的な意味を理解せずに表面だけ真似ること。
ape mask; ape-like face; ape face
even monkeys fall from trees; anyone can make a mistake; pride comes before a fall; even Homer sometimes nods
person who has lost something they used to rely on; (lit.) a monkey fallen from the tree
ape hand (deformity); simian hand
damages inflicted by monkeys (on crops, etc.)
backside part of the shamisen's neck where it meets the body
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata)
monkey bars; horizontal ladder
① ツバキ目マタタビ科マタタビ属に属する蔓性落葉植物。学名:Actinidia arguta。別名、しらくち。
the pot calling the kettle black; people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
Monkey Fist; Monkey-Style kung-fu
crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
polypore (bracket fungus, esp. of family Polyporaceae)
Smilax biflora var. trinervula (variety of a species of greenbrier)
Examples (11 in total)
My monkey ran away!
Do you think monkeys are cute?
Monkeys can learn a lot of tricks.