猿
猿: monkey
monkey
13 strokesSecondary · Stage 3 (about 準2級)in 11 words here
Readings
On
エン
Kunさる
猿(さる) "monkey"; 猿真似(さるまね) "copycat". えん in 類人猿(るいじんえん) "ape", 猿人(えんじん), 犬猿の仲(けんえんのなか) "like cats and dogs".
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Key words
猿さるmonkey
犬猿の仲けんえんのなかbitter enemies
猿人えんじんape-man
猿真似さるまねmindless imitation
Example sentences
動物園で、猿が木の上でバナナを食べていた。
At the zoo, a monkey was eating a banana up in a tree.
あの二人は犬猿の仲で、同じ部屋にいるだけでけんかになる。
Those two are like cats and dogs; just being in the same room leads to a fight.
博物館で猿人の頭の骨の模型を見て、人類の長い歴史を感じた。
I saw a model of an ape-man's skull at the museum and felt the long history of humankind.