Word Meaning 蛇のよう

へびのよう hebinoyou

蛇のよう is read as へびのよう (hebinoyou) and means snakelike.

Meaning

English

  1. snakelike
  2. snaky
  3. serpentine

Reading

Kana

へびのよう

Romaji

hebinoyou

Writing Variants

  • 蛇の様 へびのよう hebi no you

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 139052 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

じゃ

snake

蛇行

だこう

meandering

蛇口

じゃぐち

faucet

蛇の目

じゃのめ

umbrella with bull's-eye pattern

蛇行運転

だこううんてん

erratic driving

蛇心仏口

じゃしんぶっこう

being cunning and spiteful, yet honey-tongued with feigned kindness

蛇体

じゃたい

body of a snake

長蛇の列

ちょうだのれつ

long line

大蛇

おろち

big snake

大蛇

だいじゃ

big snake

黒潮大蛇行

くろしおだいだこう

Kuroshio Current

八岐大蛇

やまたのおろち

eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)

Example Sentences

6

かれはさけにつよくて、まるでじゃのようにのむ。

He can handle alcohol and drinks like a hard drinker.

あのへびのようにほそいみちをすすんでいこう。

Let's go along that narrow road winding like a serpent.

Seen from the sky, the river looked like a huge snake.

Seen from the sky, the river looked like a huge snake.

Seen from the sky, the river looked like a huge snake.

Seen from the sky, the river looked like a huge snake.