Moto 猿: MonkeyKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- エン
- Kun'yomi
- さる
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 158 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (エン)
- 犬猿の仲けんえんのなかlike cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms
- 猿人えんじんape man
- 類人猿るいじんえんanthropoid ape; anthropoid
- ラミダス猿人ラミダスえんじんArdipithecus ramidus (species of hominin)
- 三猿さんえんthree wise monkeys (who "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil")
- 三猿主義さんえんしゅぎthe principle of see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil; the policy of "see-not, hear-not, and speak-not"
- 人猿同祖説じんえんどうそせつmonkey-ancestry theory
- 人類猿じんるいえんanthropoid ape
- 化石類人猿かせきるいじんえんanthropoid fossil
- 原猿類げんえんるいprosimian
- 大型類人猿おおがたるいじんえんgreat ape
- 孤猿こえんlone monkey; stray monkey
- 小型類人猿こがたるいじんえんlesser ape
- 広鼻猿類こうびえんるいplatyrrhine (primate of infraorder Platyrrhini, which have nostrils that are far apart)
- 心猿しんえんpassion; passions
- 心猿意馬しんえんいば(being unable to control) one's worldly desires and passions
- 意馬心猿いばしんえんit is hard to keep one's worldly desires and passions in check
- 曲鼻猿亜目きょくびえんあもくStrepsirrhini (primate suborder)
- 犬猿けんえんcats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship); dogs and monkeys
- 狭鼻猿類きょうびえんるいcatarrhine (primate of infraorder Catarrhini having nostrils that are close together, esp. the Old World monkeys of family Cercopithecidae)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 猿さるmonkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape
- お猿さんおさるさんmonkey
- こけ猿こけざるfoolish monkey
- コイバ吠猿コイバほえざるCoiba Island howler (Alouatta coibensis)
- フーロック手長猿フーロックてながざるhoolock gibbon (either of the two gibbons in genus Hoolock)
- マント吠猿マントほえざるmantled howler (Alouatta palliata); golden-mantled howling monkey
- 人似猿ひとにざるanthropoid ape; anthropoid
- 仔猿こざるbaby monkey
- 冠狐猿かんむりきつねざるcrowned lemur (Eulemur coronatus)
- 口髭猿くちひげざるmustached monkey (Cercopithecus cephus); moustached guenon
- 台湾猿たいわんざるFormosan rock macaque (Macaca cyclopis); Formosan rock monkey
- 吠猿ほえざるhowler monkey
- 天狗猿てんぐざるproboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus); long-nosed monkey
- 子猿こざるbaby monkey
- 小猿こざるbaby monkey
- 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)
- 尾長猿おながざるcercopithecoid (any Old World monkey of family Cercopithecidae, esp. the guenons of genus Cercopithecus)
- 屋久猿やくざるYakushima macaque (Macaca fuscata yakui)
- 山猿やまざるmountain monkey; wild monkey
- 房尾巻猿ふさおまきざるbrown capuchin; tufted capuchin (Cebus apella)
- 手長猿てながざるgibbon (any small, long-armed ape of family Hylobatidae)
- 指猿ゆびざるaye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
- 新世界猿しんせかいざるNew World monkey (any monkey of infraorder Platyrrhini)
- 旧世界猿きゅうせかいざるOld World monkey (any monkey of family Cercopithecidae)
- 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; a monkey fallen from the tree
- 犬と猿いぬとさるcats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship); dogs and monkeys
- 狐猿きつねざるlemur
- 猿ぐつわさるぐつわ(mouth) gag
- 猿ぐつわをかますさるぐつわをかますto gag someone
- 猿の尻笑いさるのしりわらいthe pot calling the kettle black; people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
Other readings
- オス猿おすざるmale monkey
- コモン栗鼠猿コモンりすざるcommon squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus)
- ボリビア栗鼠猿ボリビアりすざるblack-capped squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis)
- ラミドゥス猿人ラミダスえんじんArdipithecus ramidus (species of hominin)
- 吼猿ほえざるhowler monkey
- 大猿子おおましこPallas's rosefinch (Carpodacus roseus)
- 小笠原猿子おがさわらましこBonin grosbeak (Chaunoproctus ferreorostris, extinct)
- 日本猿にほんざるJapanese macaque (Macaca fuscata)
- 日避猿ひよけざるflying lemur; colugo
- 栗鼠猿りすざるsquirrel monkey (esp. the common squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus)
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