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サル
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate
2. sly person
3. idiot; hick
4. sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
5. clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
6. bathhouse prostitute
Alt. forms
猿さる
77%
サル
18%
さる
4%
猨さる
Pitch accent
サ
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Used in: 527
Used in vocabulary (27 in total)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata)
ape hand (deformity); simian hand
crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
24 more...
Examples (11 in total)
My monkey ran away!
Do you think monkeys are cute?
Monkeys can learn a lot of tricks.
The fat woman was holding a monkey.
I'm not talking to you; I'm talking to the monkey.
He climbed up the tree like a monkey.
The monkeys are grooming each other.
Even a monkey can solve a problem as simple as this one.
Three boys climbed the trees like a bunch of monkeys.
I persuaded the policeman not to shoot the monkey.
When a big ape emerged from the cave, they got frightened and ran away.