三猿

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on

(Tokyo) さんえん [sàn'éń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [sã̠ɰ̃ẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

三(さん)猿(えん) • (san'en) ^{←さんゑん (sanwen)^?}

(collective) 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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