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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蛇籠

じゃかご、じゃこ
gabion; cage filled with stones
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縞蛇

しまへび
pale-yellow snake (non-poisonous)
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画蛇添足

がだてんそく
making an unnecessary addition (to); gilding the lily
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金蛇

蛇舅母
かなへび、カナヘビ
lacertid (any lizard of family Lacertidae, esp. the Japanese grass lizard, Takydromus tachydromoides)
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錦蛇

にしきへび、ニシキヘビ
python; rock snake
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牛鬼蛇神

ぎゅうきだしん
wicked and perverse; weird and incoherent
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眼鏡蛇

めがねへび
spectacled cobra; Indian cobra; Asian cobra (Naja naja)
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海蛇座

うみへび座
うみへびざ
Hydra (constellation); the Sea Serpent
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海蛇

うみへび、ウミヘビ
sea snake; worm eel (Ophichthidae spp.); snake eel
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横這いガラガラ蛇

よこばいガラガラへび、ヨコバイガラガラヘビ
sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)