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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蛇穴に入る

へびあなにいる
snake hibernation
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蛇銀宝

へびぎんぽ、ヘビギンポ
Enneapterygius etheostomus (species of threefin blenny)
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蛇の道は蛇

exp
じゃのみちはへび
Set a thief to catch a thief
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蛇革

ヘビ革
へびがわ、ヘビがわ
snakeskin
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蛇の鬚

じゃのひげ、ジャノヒゲ
dwarf mondo grass (Ophiopogon japonicus)
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蛇の目蝶

蛇目蝶
じゃのめちょう、ジャノメチョウ
satyrid (any butterfly of subfamily Satyrinae, esp. the dryad, Minois dryas); grayling
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鬼が出るか蛇が出るか

exp
おにがでるかじゃがでるか
You never know what might happen
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蛇酒

へびざけ
snake shochu
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蛇の目傘

じゃのめがさ
paper umbrella (with a bull's-eye design)
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蛇皮

じゃび、じゃひ
snake skin; sanshin