Vocab Info

N4 Noun

(さる)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

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun

      1.

      monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata), ape, non-human primate

      Usually written using kana alone,
    2. Noun

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    3. Noun

      3.

    4. Noun

      4.

      sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)

    5. Noun

      5.

      clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

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    6. Noun

      6.

      bathhouse prostitute

      Archaic,

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    猿 【さる】猨 【さる】サル

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    Examples

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      動物(どうぶつ)(えん)(さる)()()く。

      I will go to the zoo to see the monkeys.

      • N4

      あなたは本物(ほんもの)(さる)()(こと)がありますか?

      Have you ever seen a real monkey?

      • N4

      その地域(ちいき)では、(さる)天然(てんねん)温泉(おんせん)(はい)ると()きました。

      I heard that monkeys take a bath in natural hot springs in that area.

      • N4

      先日(せんじつ)動物(どうぶつ)(えん)から脱走(だっそう)した(さる)ですが、まだ(つか)まっていないらしい。

      The monkey escaped from the zoo the other day, but it seems that they haven't caught him yet.

      • N3

      この(さる)()れのボスは、どうやらあそこでメスに(かこ)まれている(かれ)のようだ。

      The boss of this group of monkeys is apparently him, the one surrounded by females over there.

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