猿臂打ち

えんぴうち

elbow strike (karate)

猿臂を伸ばす

えんぴをのばす

to stretch one's arms, to elongate one's arms

一臂

いっぴ

(a) (helping) hand, one's bit

半臂

はんぴ

short-sleeved (or sleeveless) undergarment worn by aristocratic men

猿

さる サル ましら まし

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

三面六臂

さんめんろっぴ

rush of business, versatility, man who can do the work of many

半臂の緒

はんぴのお

decorative gauze strap that hangs from the front left side of the kohimo when tying closed one's hanpi

八面六臂

はちめんろっぴ

competent in all fields, jack of all trades, very active in many fields, versatile, all-round, 8 faces and 6 arms

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)