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猿梨

さるなし、サルナシ
hardy kiwi (Actinidia arguta); kiwi berry; tara vine; bower vine
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日本猿

にほんざる、ニホンザル
Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata)
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百日紅

猿滑、猿滑り
さるすべり、ひゃくじつこう、しび、サルスベリ
crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
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猿捕茨

菝葜
さるとりいばら、サルトリイバラ
Smilax china (species of sarsaparilla)
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三猿

さんえん、さんざる
three wise monkeys (who "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil")
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猿臂を伸ばす

えんぴをのばす
to stretch one's arms; to elongate one's arms
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三猿主義

さんえんしゅぎ
the principle (philosophy) of see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil; the policy of "see-not, hear-not, and speak-not"
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尾長猿

おながざる、オナガザル
cercopithecoid (any Old World monkey of family Cercopithecidae, esp. the guenons of genus Cercopithecus)
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言わ猿

いわざる
say-not monkey (one of the three wise monkeys)
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猿臂打ち

えんぴうち
elbow strike (karate)