Word Meaning 猿まね

さるまね sarumane

猿まね is read as さるまね (sarumane) and means indiscriminate imitation.

Meaning

English

  1. indiscriminate imitation
  2. monkey see, monkey do
  3. blind follower

Reading

Kana

さるまね

Romaji

sarumane

Writing Variants

  • 猿真似 さるまね sarumane

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 136755 Priority V

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ape man

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year of the Monkey

猿手

さるで

ape hand (deformity)

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猿子

ましこ

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猿回し

さるまわし

showman who trains performing monkeys

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えてこう

monkey

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