This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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さる、サル
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
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ましら、まし
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate
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犬猿

けんえん
dogs and monkeys (esp. as an example of a bad relationship, like that between cats and dogs)
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猿楽

申楽、散楽
さるがく、さるごう
sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); noh; fooling around
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類人猿

るいじんえん
anthropoid ape; anthropoid; pongid; ape
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猿渡り

猿渡
さるわたり
monkey bars; horizontal ladder
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野猿

やえん
wild monkey
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紅猿子

べにましこ、ベニマシコ
long-tailed rosefinch (Uragus sibiricus)
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猿臂

えんぴ
monkey arm; long arm
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猿腦

えんのう
monkey brain (eaten as a delicacy, medicine, etc.)