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"

猿

さる サル ましら まし

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata), ape, non-human primate

孤猿

こえん

lone monkey, stray monkey

玄猿

げんえん

gibbon

見猿

みざる みさる

see-not monkey (one of the three wise monkeys)

真猿

まさる

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata)

猿腦

えんのう

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

猿股

さるまた

undershorts

心猿

しんえん こころさる

passion, passions

猿猴

えんこう

monkey (esp. a gibbon)

猿梨

さるなし サルナシ

hardy kiwi (Actinidia arguta), kiwi berry, tara vine, bower vine

絹猿

きぬざる キヌザル

common marmoset (Callithrix (Callithrix) jacchus)

黒猿

くろざる

Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra), crested black macaque, Sulawesi crested macaque, black ape

猿楽

さるがく さるごう

sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries)

犬猿

けんえん

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

猿手

さるて さるで

simian hand

猿臂

えんぴ

monkey arm, long arm

猿山

さるやま

hill in a monkey enclosure (at a zoo, etc.)

猿人

えんじん えん じん

ape man