monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
monkey bars; horizontal ladder
sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); (arch.) noh; (arch.) fooling around
monkey show; bad acting; overacting; unconvincing performance
hill in a monkey enclosure (at a zoo, etc.)
indiscriminate imitation; monkey see, monkey do; blind follower
Sarutahiko (Shinto god); Sarudahiko; Sarutabiko; Sarudabiko
monkey-like face (e.g. protruding ears); simian features
showman who trains performing monkeys
cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship); (lit.) dogs and monkeys
ape mask; ape-like face; ape face
shallow cunning; shallow cleverness
even monkeys fall from trees; anyone can make a mistake; pride comes before a fall; even Homer sometimes nods
young person with a monkey-like face (nickname for Toyotomi Hideyoshi)
person who has lost something they used to rely on; (lit.) a monkey fallen from the tree
monkey booze; sake-like liquid produced by the fermentation of fruits left by monkeys in tree caches or hollows in rocks
crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
ape hand (deformity); simian hand
damages inflicted by monkeys (on crops, etc.)
backside part of the shamisen's neck where it meets the body
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata)
hardy kiwi (Actinidia arguta); kiwi berry; tara vine; bower vine
cheek pouch (monkey, squirrel, etc.); iron mask that covers the chin and cheeks (worn by samurai); Anadara kagoshimensis (species of ark clam)
the pot calling the kettle black; people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
Monkey Fist; Monkey-Style kung-fu
work hakama that are loose at the top and tight at the bottom
polypore (bracket fungus, esp. of family Polyporaceae)
Smilax china (species of sarsaparilla)
old man's beard (any lichen of genus Usnea)
Calanthe tricarinata (species of orchid)
Anadara kagoshimensis (species of ark clam)
Smilax biflora var. trinervula (variety of a species of greenbrier)