Meaning of 猿 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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猿JLPT 3
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Kana Readingさる, まし, ましら
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Romajisaru, mashi, mashira
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata)
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- Parts of speech
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- sly person
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- Parts of speech
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- sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
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- clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
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- Parts of speech
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- bathhouse prostitute
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Example Sentences
猿, さる, まし, ましら used in context
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安全日だからといって、サルのように生ではしません。 しっかり避妊するのが愛のセックスの義務ではないでしょうか？
Just because it's a "safe day" I'm not going to make out like monkeys without protection. Isn't it the duty of loving sex to take proper care of contraception?
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That's a picture of a monkey associated with the Year of the Monkey.
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The primates include not only the apes, but also man.
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例えばベルベットモンキーは、輪を描いて飛ぶワシがいるとある種の呼びかけを用いるようになる。ワシはサルを捕食するのだ。
For example, vervet monkeys learn to use a certain call in the presence of circling eagles, who prey on the monkeys.
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野生の猿が見つかったという知らせがその警官のところにたくさん届いた。
A lot of reports came to the policeman that a wild monkey was found.
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彼は手押し車に小さなピアノをのせて、そのピアノの上に一匹のみすぼらしいやせたサルを座らせていました。
He had a little piano on wheels, and a poor thin monkey which sat on top of it.
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