Word Meaning 猿蟹合戦

さるかにがっせん sarukanigassen

猿蟹合戦 is read as さるかにがっせん (sarukanigassen) and means The Monkey and the Crab (Japanese folktale).

Meaning

English

The Monkey and the Crab (Japanese folktale)
The Quarrel of the Monkey and the Crab
Saru Kani Gassen

Reading

Kana

さるかにがっせん

Romaji

sarukanigassen

Writing Variants

さるかに合戦 さるかにがっせん sarukanigassen

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 51 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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合戦

かっせん

battle

弔い合戦

とむらいがっせん

fighting to avenge someone's death

中傷合戦

ちゅうしょうがっせん

mud-slinging (e.g. in a political campaign)

応援合戦

おうえんがっせん

cheerleading competition

批難合戦

ひなんかっせん

(engaging in a round of) mutual criticism

蟹食猿

かにくいざる

crab-eating macaque

猿

さる

bathhouse prostitute

猿人

えんじん

ape man

猿楽能

さるがくのう

noh

猿も木から落ちる

さるもきからおちる

even monkeys fall from trees

猿年

さるどし

year of the Monkey

猿手

さるで

ape hand (deformity)

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