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