ざる

Reading

Kana: ざる

Romaji: zaru

Kana

Romaji

Definition

1

not; un-

Note: literary form of -ない

Note: archaism

See also: ざり

Example Sentences

油(あぶら)は水(みず)と混(ま)ざらない。

➥Oil and water don't mix.

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そう考(かんが)えざるを得(え)ない。

➥I can not but think so.

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彼女(かのじょ)は笑(わら)わざるを得(え)ない。

➥She cannot but laugh.

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水(みず)と油(あぶら)はまざらない。

➥Oil and water don't blend.

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この物質(ぶっしつ)は水(みず)と混(ま)ざる。

➥This substance will mix with water.

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指示(しじ)に従(したが)わざるを得(え)ない。

➥There is nothing for me to do except to obey the order.

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猿

猨

Readings

Kana: さる、サル

Romaji: saru, saru

Kana

Romaji

Definitions

1

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate

Note: word usually written using kana alone

See also: ニホンザル

2

sly person

Note: derogatory

3

idiot; hick

Note: derogatory

4

sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)

5

clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

See also: 自在鉤

6

bathhouse prostitute

Note: archaism

See also: 湯女

Kanji

猿

Readings: エン、さる

Meaning: monkey

Example Sentences

猿(さる)は木(き)に登(のぼ)る。

➥Monkeys climb trees.

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猿(さる)も木(き)から落(お)ちる。

➥Even the worthy Homer sometimes nods.

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類人猿(るいじんえん)は知能(ちのう)が高(たか)い。

➥Apes are intelligent.

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猿(さる)まねはやめろ。

➥Don't be a copycat.

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サルは木(き)から落(お)ちた。

➥The monkey came down.

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そのサルは木(き)に登(のぼ)った。

➥The monkey climbed up a tree.

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去る

避る

Reading

Kana: さる

Romaji: saru

Kana

Romaji

Definitions

1

to leave; to go away

2

to pass; to elapse

3

to be distant

4

to send away; to drive off; to divorce

5

... completely

Note: after a -masu stem, esp. of a suru verb

6

last ... (e.g. "last April")

Note: Only 去る

Kanji

去

Readings: キョ、コ、さ.る、 -さ.る

Meanings: gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce

避

Readings: ヒ、さ.ける、よ.ける

Meanings: evade, avoid, avert, ward off, shirk, shun

Example Sentences

冬(ふゆ)は去(さ)った。

➥Winter has gone.

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冬(ふゆ)は去(さ)りました。

➥Winter is gone.

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雪(ゆき)は解(と)け去(さ)った。

➥The snow has melted away.

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台風(たいふう)は去(さ)った。

➥The typhoon is gone.

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冬(ふゆ)は過(す)ぎ去(さ)った。

➥Winter is gone.

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今(いま)すぐ立(た)ち去(さ)れ。

➥Go away right now!

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申

Reading

Kana: さる

Romaji: saru

Kana

Romaji

Definition

1

ninth sign of Chinese zodiac (The Monkey, 3pm-5pm, west-southwest, July)

Kanji

申

Readings: シン、もう.す、もう.し-、さる

Meanings: have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac

Example Sentences

鈴木(すずき)と申(もう)します。

➥This is Mr Suzuki speaking.

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遅(おく)れて申(もう)し訳(わけ)ない。

➥Sorry to be late.

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彼(かれ)は帰国(きこく)を申(もう)し出(で)た。

➥He made a request to return to his home country.

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ビザを申請(しんせい)した。

➥I applied for a visa.

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それは申(もう)し分(ぶん)ない。

➥That is all right.

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彼(かれ)の申(もう)し出(で)に応(おう)じた。

➥I took him up on his offer.

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然る

Readings

Kana: さる、しかる

Romaji: saru, shikaru

Kana

Romaji

Definitions

1

a particular; a certain

2

that kind of; such a

Kanji

然

Readings: ゼン、ネン、しか、しか.り、しか.し、さ

Meanings: sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well

Example Sentences

トムは非難(ひなん)されてしかるべきだ。

➥Tom deserves to be blamed.

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君(きみ)の年頃(としごろ)ではもっと分別(ふんべつ)があってしかるべきだよ。

➥At your age, you ought to know better.

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老人(ろうじん)のための国立(こくりつ)の病院(びょういん)がもっとあってしかるべきだ。

➥There should be more national hospitals for old people.

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しかるべき時期(じき)にお支払(しはら)いいたしました。

➥I paid at the appropriate time.

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君(きみ)の年齢(ねんれい)ならもっと思慮(しりょ)分別(ふんべつ)があってしかるべきだ。

➥You should know better at your age.

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彼(かれ)は非常(ひじょう)に誉(ほ)められたがしかるに私(わたし)は非常(ひじょう)にしかられた。

➥He was greatly praised, while I was as much scolded.

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笊

Reading

Kana: ざる

Romaji: zaru

Kana

Romaji

Definitions

1

draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; strainer; sieve

Note: word usually written using kana alone

2

zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)

Note: abbreviation; word usually written using kana alone

See also: ざる蕎麦

3

strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish

Note: colloquialism; word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

笊

Readings: ソウ、ざる、す

Meaning: bamboo basket