Word Meaning 猿の尻笑い

さるのしりわらい saru no shiriwarai

猿の尻笑い is read as さるのしりわらい (saru no shiriwarai) and means the pot calling the kettle black.

Meaning

English

  1. the pot calling the kettle black
  2. people who live in glass houses throwing stones
  3. a monkey's laughter at (another monkey's) buttocks

Reading

Kana

さるのしりわらい

Romaji

saru no shiriwarai

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 31 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 2級 Proverb Rank 164637 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

さる

bathhouse prostitute

猿人

えんじん

ape man

猿楽能

さるがくのう

noh

猿手

さるて

ape hand (deformity)

猿田彦の命

さるたひこのみこと

Saruta Hiko no Mikoto (Shintō god)

猿子

ましこ

monkey

猿回し

さるまわし

showman who trains performing monkeys

猿公

えてこう

monkey

猿山

さるやま

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

笑い

わらい

sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)

苦笑い

にがわらい

bitter smile