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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蜿々長蛇

蜿蜿長蛇
えんえんちょうだ
(a line, queue) being long and serpentine
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竜頭蛇尾

りゅうとうだび
a strong beginning and a weak ending; an anticlimax
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薮蛇になる

薮蛇に成る
やぶへびになる
you'll only make work for yourself; to stir up a hornet's nest; to put one's foot in one's mouth
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薮をつついて蛇を出す

藪をつついて蛇を出す
やぶをつついてへびをだす
to stir up trouble for oneself; to scare out a snake by poking at the brush
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長蛇

ちょうだ、ちょうじゃ
long snake; long line (of people, etc.)
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蛇紋石

じゃもんせき
serpentine
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青大将

黄頷蛇
あおだいしょう、アオダイショウ
Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora)
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水蛇座

みずへび座
みずへびざ
Hydrus (constellation); the Water Snake
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神蛇

しんじゃ
sacred snake
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蛇蠍

蛇蝎
だかつ
serpent (snake) and scorpion; detestation