三猿

Japanese
Kanji in this term
三 猿
さん
Grade: 1		 えん
Grade: S
kan’on

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) さんえん [sàń'éń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [sã̠ɰ̃ẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

三(さん)猿(えん) • (san'en) ←さんゑん (san'wen)?

  1. the three monkeys (the "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" monkeys)
    Synonym: 見猿聞か猿言わ猿 (mizaru kikazaru iwazaru)
    Hyponyms: 見猿 (mizaru), 聞か猿 (kikazaru), 言わ猿 (iwazaru)
    三(さん)猿(えん)主(しゅ)義(ぎ)
    san'en shugi
    the three-monkeys principle
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