Word Meaning 天狗猿

てんぐざる tenguzaru

天狗猿 is read as てんぐざる (tenguzaru) and means proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus).

Meaning

English

proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus)
long-nosed monkey

Reading

Kana

てんぐざる

Romaji

tenguzaru

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

天狗

てんぐ

tengu

天狗話

てんぐばなし

boastful story

天狗道

てんぐどう

world of the tengu

天狗物

てんぐもの

category of noh plays who depict a tengu as the leading character

天狗礫

てんぐつぶて

rock flying out of nowhere (while in the mountains)

天狗蝙蝠

てんぐこうもり

Hilgendorf's tube-nosed bat (Murina hilgendorfi)

天狗茸

てんぐたけ

panther cap (species of poisonous mushroom, Amanita pantherina)

天狗になる

てんぐになる

to get conceited

天狗風

てんぐかぜ

sudden gust

天狗フルーツ蝙蝠

てんぐふるーつこうもり

tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimeninae spp., esp. the common tube-nosed fruit bat, Nyctimene albiventer)

天狗倒し

てんぐだおし

large sound of unknown source heard on a forested mountain

天狗俳諧

てんぐはいかい

parlour game in which three people each write one line of a 5-7-5 poem (without seeing the other lines; often producing humorous results)