snake; serpent; large snake
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
poisonous snake; poisonous serpent
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
albino Japanese rat snake
redundancy; superfluity; useless addition
sea snake; worm eel (Ophichthidae spp.); snake eel
bellows (of an accordion, camera, etc.); cornice; rickrack; ricrac; pleated shape; accordion pleats
serpent (snake) and scorpion; detestation
unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
bull's-eye (pattern); double ring (pattern); umbrella with bull's-eye pattern
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one
God only knows what may happen
eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)
long snake; long line (of people, etc.)
to stir up trouble for oneself; (lit.) to scare out a snake by poking at the brush
body of a snake; serpentine
snakeheads; Chinese criminal gangs, esp. for smuggling Chinese immigrants
unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering; dragging out tortuously; (lit.) half-killing a snake
large snake; heavy drinking; heavy drinker
erratic driving; driving in a zigzag
strong beginning and weak ending; anticlimax
paper umbrella (with a bull's-eye design)
to stir up trouble for oneself; (lit.) to scare out a snake by poking at the brush
Ophiuchus (constellation); the Serpent Bearer
serpent (snake) and scorpion; detestation
snake (esp. Japanese rat snake)
gabion; cage filled with stones
to only make work for oneself; to stir up a hornet's nest; to put one's foot in one's mouth
false strawberry (Duchesnea chrysantha); mock strawberry
Serpens (constellation); the Snake
torture in which the victim is bound and placed in a tub of snakes
Hydra (constellation); the Sea Serpent
viper (esp. a pitless viper)
lacertid (any lizard of family Lacertidae, esp. the Japanese grass lizard, Takydromus tachydromoides)
to miss a big chance; to miss a good opportunity; to let one's enemy slip away
Japanese four-lined ratsnake (Elaphe quadrivirgata); Japanese striped snake
black Japanese striped snake (Elaphe quadrivirgata); Japanese black ratsnake
blind snake (esp. the Brahminy blind snake, Ramphotyphlops braminus); worm snake; fools rush in
tiger keelback (Rhabdophis tigrinus)
Hydrus (constellation); the Water Snake
eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)
fools rush in where angels fear to tread; (lit.) the blind don't fear snakes
wicked and perverse; weird and incoherent
dragon dance (e.g. in the Nagasaki Kunchi festival)
(a line, queue) being long and serpentine
yellow-bellied sea snake (Pelamis platura); yellowbelly sea snake; pelagic sea snake
sanshin; Okinawan traditional three-stringed instrument; precursor to the shamisen
strong beginning and weak ending; anticlimax
false strawberry (Duchesnea chrysantha); mock strawberry
to stir up trouble for oneself; (lit.) to scare out a snake by poking at the brush
making an unnecessary addition (to); gilding the lily
gabion; cage filled with stones
false strawberry (Duchesnea chrysantha); mock strawberry
Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora)
to stir up trouble for oneself; (lit.) to scare out a snake by poking at the brush
to only make work for oneself; to stir up a hornet's nest; to put one's foot in one's mouth
Ophiuchus (constellation); the Serpent Bearer
tiger keelback (Rhabdophis tigrinus)
lacertid (any lizard of family Lacertidae, esp. the Japanese grass lizard, Takydromus tachydromoides)
Asian keelback (Amphiesma vibakari)
Asian keelback (Amphiesma vibakari)
reticulated python (Python reticulatus)
dwarf mondo grass (Ophiopogon japonicus)
dobsonfly (esp. species Protohermes grandis)
satyrid (any butterfly of subfamily Satyrinae, esp. the dryad, Minois dryas); grayling
satyrid (any butterfly of subfamily Satyrinae, esp. the dryad, Minois dryas); grayling
secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius); secretary bird
(a line, queue) being long and serpentine
sand circle around the ring
being cunning and spiteful, yet honey-tongued with feigned kindness
spectacled cobra; Indian cobra; Asian cobra (Naja naja)
caecilian (any burrowing legless amphibian of the order Gymnophiona)
Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)
once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; (lit.) to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)
once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; (lit.) to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)
once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; (lit.) to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)
once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; (lit.) to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)
once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; (lit.) to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)
sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)
European adder (Vipera berus)
Erabu black-banded sea krait (Laticauda semifasciata)
king snake (any snake of genus Lampropeltis)
milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum)
Russell's viper (Daboia russelii)
krait (esp. the Taiwanese banded krait, Bungarus multicinctus)
scaly worm shell (Serpulorbis imbricatus)
Enneapterygius etheostomus (species of threefin blenny)
cerastes; horned viper; horned adder
cerastes; horned viper; horned adder
Japanese odd-scaled snake (Achalinus spinalis); Peters' odd-scaled snake; grey burrowing snake
Ophiopogon planiscapus (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)
snake gourd (Trichosanthes cucumerina)
grass snake (Natrix natrix); ringed snake; water snake