茨

いばら イバラ

wild rose, briar

野茨

のいばら ノイバラ

multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)

茅茨

ぼうし

thatched roof

茨城

いばらき

Ibaraki (prefecture)

茨垣

いばらがき いばらかき

thorn hedge

茨藻

いばらも

spiny water nymph (Najas marina); spiny naiad; holly-leaved naiad

猿

さる サル ましら まし

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

茨城県

いばらきけん

Ibaraki prefecture (Kanto area)

茨の冠

いばらのかんむり

a crown of thorns

茨の道

いばらのみち

thorny path

黒猿

くろざる

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

猿股

さるまた

undershorts

犬猿

けんえん

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

見猿

みざる みさる

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

猿楽

さるがく さるごう

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

猿臂

えんぴ

monkey arm, long arm

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

猿酒

さるざけ ましらざけ

monkey booze, sake-like liquid produced by the fermentation of fruits left by monkeys in tree caches or hollows in rocks