Word Meaning 猿も木から落ちる

さるもきからおちる saru mo kikaraochiru

猿も木から落ちる is read as さるもきからおちる (saru mo kikaraochiru) and means even monkeys fall from trees.

Meaning

English

  1. even monkeys fall from trees
  2. anyone can make a mistake
  3. pride comes before a fall
  4. even Homer sometimes nods

Reading

Kana

さるもきからおちる

Romaji

saru mo kikaraochiru

Stroke Sequence

8 Characters • 40 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Proverb Rank 110547 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

木から落ちた猿

きからおちたさる

person who has lost something they used to rely on

落葉低木

らくようていぼく

deciduous shrub

落葉高木

らくようこうぼく

deciduous tall tree

落木

らくぼく

tree that has dropped its leaves

さる

bathhouse prostitute

猿人

えんじん

ape man

猿楽能

さるがくのう

noh

猿年

さるどし

year of the Monkey

猿手

さるで

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

Example Sentences

3

Even the worthy Homer sometimes nods.

Even monkeys fall from trees. But I can't even climb.

They say even monkeys fall from trees. I wonder when I will.