Lingaku猿【さる】
Frequency rank: 4,665. – 4,670.
- monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primateword usually written using kana alonesee also ニホンザル
- sly personderogatory
- idiot; hickderogatory
- sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
- clasp used to control the height of a pot-hooksee also 自在鉤
- bathhouse prostitutearchaismsee also 湯女
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
- 猿【さる】【サル】Frequency rank: 4,665. – 4,670.
- 猨【さる】【サル】
- さるFrequency rank: 11,451. – 11,469.
- サルFrequency rank: 16,229. – 16,298.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate
- sly person
- idiot; hick
- sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
- clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
- bathhouse prostitute
This refers to the animal itself, often used in the context of nature or wildlife.
This usage describes someone who is clever in a sneaky or cunning manner, often implying deceitfulness.
This meaning is derogatory, used to describe someone perceived as foolish or unsophisticated.
This refers to a mechanism used for securing doors or windows, indicating a physical object.
In this context, the term refers to a hardware item used in cooking, particularly in relation to hanging pots over a fire.
This meaning carries a historical context, referring to a certain role in traditional Japanese bathhouses.
Generated collocations (experimental)
さる猿がいるthere is a monkeyさる猿のようにlike a monkeyさる猿のおう王king of the monkeysさるぐつわ猿ぐつわgag (literally, monkey's mouth)さる猿のようにあそぶ遊ぶto play like a monkeyさる猿もき木からおちる落ちるeven monkeys fall from trees (meaning nobody is perfect)さるしばい猿芝居a farce (literally, monkey play)さるまね猿まねmonkey see, monkey do (imitation)さる猿にするto make a fool of someoneさる猿にとられる取られるto be robbed (figuratively, taken away by a sly person)さる猿のかお顔をしたhaving the face of a monkey (used derogatorily)さる猿のわくせい惑星Planet of the Apesさる猿のようなうごき動きmovements like a monkeyさる猿すき好きmonkey lover (someone who loves monkeys)
Example sentences
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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?
That's a picture of a monkey associated with the Year of the Monkey.
The primates include not only the apes, but also man.
4. たとえば例えばべるべっとベルベットもんきいモンキーは、わをえがいて輪を描いてとぶ飛ぶわしワシがいるとあるたねある種のよびかけ呼びかけをもちいる用いるようになる。わしワシはさるサルをほしょく捕食するのだ。
For example, vervet monkeys learn to use a certain call in the presence of circling eagles, who prey on the monkeys.
A lot of reports came to the policeman that a wild monkey was found.
He had a little piano on wheels, and a poor thin monkey which sat on top of it.
When a big ape emerged from the cave, they got frightened and ran away.
A man can no more become a woman than a monkey can develop into a man.
I persuaded the policeman not to shoot the monkey.
I'm not talking to you; I'm talking to the monkey.