Word Meaning 犬猿

けんえん kenen

犬猿 is read as けんえん (kenen) and means cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship).

Meaning

English

  1. cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship)
  2. dogs and monkeys

Reading

Kana

けんえん

Romaji

kenen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 134588 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

犬と猿

いぬとさる

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

犬猿の仲

けんえんのなか

like cats and dogs

犬張子

いぬはりこ

papier-mâché dog

犬派

いぬは

dog person

犬矢来

いぬやらい

short arched (traditionally bamboo) fence around walls of traditional townhouses, esp. in Kyoto (protects lower walls from fouling or damage)

犬の川端歩き

いぬのかわばたあるき

window-shopping without any money

犬儒学派

けんじゅがくは

cynic (phil.)

さる

bathhouse prostitute

類人猿

るいじんえん

anthropoid ape

新世界猿

しんせかいざる

New World monkey (any monkey of infraorder Platyrrhini)

見猿聞か猿言わ猿

みざるきかざるいわざる

see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil