Word Meaning 類人猿

るいじんえん ruijinen

類人猿 is read as るいじんえん (ruijinen) and means anthropoid ape.

Meaning

English

  1. anthropoid ape
  2. anthropoid
  3. ape

Reading

Kana

るいじんえん

Romaji

ruijinen

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Synonyms 猿公,エテ公,猿猴,,サル,野猿,モンキー,山猿 Rank 13511 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

化石類人猿

かせきるいじんえん

anthropoid fossil

大型類人猿

おおがたるいじんえん

great ape

小型類人猿

こがたるいじんえん

lesser ape

人類猿

じんるいえん

anthropoid ape

人似猿

ひとにざる

anthropoid ape

猿人

えんじん

ape man

生態人類学

せいたいじんるいがく

ecological anthropology

日本人類遺伝学会

にっぽんじんるいいでんがっかい

Japan Society of Human Genetics

人類遺伝学

じんるいいでんがく

human genetics

宗教人類学

しゅうきょうじんるいがく

anthropology of religion

直立猿人

ちょくりつえんじん

a pithecanthrope

人為分類

じんいぶんるい

artificial classification

Example Sentences

4

Apes are intelligent.

Apes rank above dogs in intelligence.

Why have the apes evolved more than other animals?

"What anthropoid would your girlfriend be most like?" "What a question... Well, um... An orangutan, I guess."