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蜥: lizard (in 蜥蜴)

lizard (in 蜥蜴)
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Readings

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とかげ

蜥 appears almost only in 蜥蜴 (とかげ, lizard), as in the idiom 蜥蜴の尻尾切り (scapegoating).

Key words

蜥蜴とかげlizard
蜥蜴の尻尾切りとかげのしっぽきりcutting off the tail; scapegoating
火蜥蜴ひとかげfire salamander
大蜥蜴おおとかげmonitor lizard; giant lizard

Example sentences

A lizard was sunning itself on top of the stone wall.

Pinning the blame for the scandal on subordinates is just cutting off the lizard's tail.

They say a fire salamander wrapped in flames lives deep in the cave.

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