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さる、サル
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook; bathhouse prostitute
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ましら、まし
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate
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犬猿

けんえん
dogs and monkeys (esp. as an example of a bad relationship, like that between cats and dogs)
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猿楽

申楽、散楽
さるがく、さるごう
sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); noh; fooling around
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類人猿

るいじんえん
anthropoid ape; anthropoid; pongid; ape
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猿渡り

猿渡
さるわたり
monkey bars; horizontal ladder
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野猿

やえん
wild monkey
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紅猿子

べにましこ、ベニマシコ
long-tailed rosefinch (Uragus sibiricus)
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猿臂

えんぴ
monkey arm; long arm
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猿腦

えんのう
monkey brain (eaten as a delicacy, medicine, etc.)