Word Meaning 猿尾

さるお saruo

猿尾 is read as さるお (saruo) and means backside part of the shamisen's neck where it meets the body.

Meaning

English

  1. backside part of the shamisen's neck where it meets the body

Reading

Kana

さるお

Romaji

saruo

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 135089 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

尾長猿

おながざる

cercopithecoid (any Old World monkey of family Cercopithecidae, esp. the guenons of genus Cercopithecus)

房尾巻猿

ふさおまきざる

brown capuchin

尾巻猿

おまきざる

any monkey of family Cebidae (esp. the capuchin monkeys of genus Cebus, but also including marmosets, tamarins and squirrel monkeys)

豚尾猿

ぶたおざる

pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina)

輪尾狐猿

わおきつねざる

ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)

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)