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    3. 猿

    猿

    猿さる

    monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata)

    N3KMT8News #14+1CoreNounAnimalsKanji Vocab13 strokes

    猨

    さるサル

    Noun

    1.
    monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata), ape, non-human primate
    word usually written using kana alone
    2.
    sly person
    derogatory
    3.
    idiot, hick
    derogatory
    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
    archaic

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    動どう物ぶつ園えんで猿さるを見みた。

    I saw a monkey at the zoo.

    KMT3AnimalsDaily Life
    日に本ほんには温おん泉せんに入はいる猿さるがいることで有ゆう名めいだ。

    Japan is famous for having monkeys that bathe in hot springs.

    KMT8AnimalsCulture & TraditionsNature & Environment
    彼かれはまるで猿さるのようにすばやく木きに登のぼった。

    He climbed the tree as quickly as a monkey.

    KMT8AnimalsDaily Life
    猿さるは群むれで生せい活かつし、社しゃ会かい的てきな行こう動どうをとる。

    Monkeys live in groups and exhibit social behavior.

    KMT8AnimalsScience & Math
    猿さるの知ち能のうは高たかく、道どう具ぐを使つかうこともできる。

    Monkeys have high intelligence and can even use tools.

    KMT8AnimalsScience & Math

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    猿
    さる…(5)
    monkey
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