猿

Meaning

1. n
   monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate
2. n
   sly person
3. n
   idiot; hick
4. n
   sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
5. n
   clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
6. n archaic
   bathhouse prostitute
7. n
   monkey

Example sentences

• あれはさる年に因んだ猿の絵です。

  That's a picture of a monkey associated with the Year of the Monkey.

• 野生の猿が見つかったという知らせが、その警官のところにたくさん届いた。

  A lot of reports came to the policeman that a wild monkey was found.

• 彼は猿のように木によじ登った。

  He climbed up the tree like a monkey.