猿猴捉月

えんこうそくげつ

trying to reach above one's station and failing; trying to accomplish something beyond one's abilities and failing; monkey catching (a reflection of) the moon (in the water)

猿猴鶏頭

えんこうげいとう

love-lies-bleeding (amaranthus caudatus); tassel flower; velvet flower; foxtail amaranth

猿猴月を取る

えんこうつきをとる

to try and reach above one's station and fail; to try and accomplish something beyond one's abilities and fail; a monkey tries to catch the moon (and drowns)

猿猴が月を取る

えんこうがつきをとる

to try and reach above one's station and fail; a monkey catches (a reflection of) the moon (in the water)

沐猴

もっこう

monkey

金糸猴

きんしこう キンシコウ

golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)

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

三猿

さんえん さんざる

three wise monkeys (who "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil")

心猿

しんえん こころさる

passion, passions

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)