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Words with 猿

Kanji 猿, meaning monkey, appears in 151 Japanese vocabulary entries.

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さる

clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

犬猿の仲

けんえんのなか

like cats and dogs

類人猿

るいじんえん

anthropoid ape

猿人

えんじん

ape man

お猿さん

おさるさん

monkey

コイバ吠猿

コイバほえざる

Coiba Island howler (Alouatta coibensis)

こけ猿

こけざる

foolish monkey

コモン栗鼠猿

コモンりすざる

common squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus)

さるかに合戦

さるかにがっせん

The Monkey and the Crab (Japanese folktale)

さる顔

さるがお

monkey-like face (e.g. protruding ears)

サル痘

さるとう

monkeypox

さる年

さるどし

year of the Monkey

フーロック手長猿

フーロックてながざる

hoolock gibbon (either of the two gibbons in genus Hoolock)

ボリビア栗鼠猿

ボリビアりすざる

black-capped squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis)

マント吠猿

マントほえざる

mantled howler (Alouatta palliata)

ラミダス猿人

ラミダスえんじん

Ardipithecus ramidus (species of hominin)

意馬心猿

いばしんえん

it is hard to keep one's worldly desires and passions in check

猿ぐつわ

さるぐつわ

(mouth) gag

猿の腰掛け

さるのこしかけ

polypore (bracket fungus, esp. of family Polyporaceae)

猿の尻笑い

さるのしりわらい

the pot calling the kettle black

猿の惑星

さるのわくせい

Planet of the Apes (novel and series of films)

猿まね

さるまね

indiscriminate imitation

猿回し

さるまわし

showman who trains performing monkeys

猿害

えんがい

damages inflicted by monkeys (on crops, etc.)

猿楽能

さるがくのう

noh

猿滑

さるすべり

crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)

猿拳

さるけん

Monkey Fist

猿袴

さるばかま

work hakama that are loose at the top and tight at the bottom

猿股

さるまた

undershorts

猿公

えてこう

monkey

猿山

さるやま

artificial mountain in a monkey enclosure (at a zoo, etc.)

猿子

ましこ

monkey

猿子鳥

ましこどり

rosefinch

猿芝居

さるしばい

monkey show

猿手

さるて

ape hand (deformity)

猿酒

さるざけ

monkey booze

猿神

さるがみ

monkey god

猿知恵

さるじえ

shallow cunning

猿田彦

さるたひこ

Sarutahiko (deity)

猿田彦の命

さるたひこのみこと

Saruta Hiko no Mikoto (Shintō god)

猿渡

さるわたり

monkey bars

猿豆

さるまめ

Smilax biflora var. trinervula (variety of a species of greenbrier)

猿尾

さるお

backside part of the shamisen's neck where it meets the body

猿捕茨

さるとりいばら

Smilax china (species of sarsaparilla)

猿頬

さるぼお

Anadara kagoshimensis (species of ark clam)

猿頬貝

さるぼうがい

Anadara kagoshimensis (species of ark clam)

猿麻桛

さるおがせ

old man's beard (any lichen of genus Usnea)

猿面

さるめん

ape mask

猿面海老根

さるめんえびね

Calanthe tricarinata (species of orchid)

猿面冠者

さるめんかじゃ

young person with a monkey-like face (nickname for Toyotomi Hideyoshi)

猿目

さるもく

primates

猿梨

さるなし

hardy kiwi (Actinidia arguta)

猿猴

えんこう

hand of the puppeteer (puppet theatre)

猿猴が月を取る

えんこうがつきをとる

to try and reach above one's station and fail

猿猴鶏頭

えんこうげいとう

love-lies-bleeding (amaranthus caudatus)

猿猴月を取る

えんこうつきをとる

to try and reach above one's station and fail

猿猴捉月

えんこうそくげつ

trying to reach above one's station and failing

猿腦

えんのう

monkey brain (eaten as a delicacy, medicine, etc.)

猿臂

えんぴ

long arm

猿臂を伸ばす

えんぴをのばす

to stretch one's arms

猿臂打ち

えんぴうち

elbow strike (karate)

屋久猿

やくざる

Yakushima macaque (Macaca fuscata yakui)

化石類人猿

かせきるいじんえん

anthropoid fossil

蟹食猿

かにくいざる

crab-eating macaque

瓦猿

かわらざる

clay monkey figure

冠狐猿

かんむりきつねざる

crowned lemur (Eulemur coronatus)

眼鏡猿

めがねざる

tarsier (Tarsius syrichta)

旧世界猿

きゅうせかいざる

Old World monkey (any monkey of family Cercopithecidae)

狭鼻猿類

きょうびえんるい

catarrhine (primate of infraorder Catarrhini having nostrils that are close together, esp. the Old World monkeys of family Cercopithecidae)

曲鼻猿亜目

きょくびえんあもく

Strepsirrhini (primate suborder)

銀山猿子

ぎんざんましこ

pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)

栗鼠猿

りすざる

squirrel monkey (esp. the common squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus)

芸なし猿

げいなしざる

useless person

犬と猿

いぬとさる

cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship)

犬猿

けんえん

cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship)

絹猿

きぬざる

common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)

見猿

みざる

see-no-evil monkey (one of the three wise monkeys)

軒猿

のきざる

ninja (esp. those serving the Uesugi clan during the Sengoku period)

原猿類

げんえんるい

prosimian

玄猿

げんえん

gibbon

言わ猿

いわざる

say-no-evil monkey (one of the three wise monkeys)

孤猿

こえん

lone monkey

狐猿

きつねざる

lemur

口髭猿

くちひげざる

mustached monkey (Cercopithecus cephus)

広鼻猿類

こうびえんるい

platyrrhine (primate of infraorder Platyrrhini, which have nostrils that are far apart)

紅猿子

べにましこ

long-tailed rosefinch (Uragus sibiricus)

黒猿

くろざる

Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra)

黒狐猿

くろきつねざる

black lemur (Eulemur macaco)

三猿

さんえん

three wise monkeys (who "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil")

三猿主義

さんえんしゅぎ

the principle of see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil

山猿

やまざる

mountain monkey

散楽

さるがく

fooling around

仔猿

こざる

baby monkey

指猿

ゆびざる

aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)

獅子猿

ししざる

lion tamarin

獅子鼻猿

ししばなざる

snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus spp.)

紫猿子

むらさきましこ

purple finch (Carpodacus purpureus)