眼鏡猿

Japanese

Kanji in this term
眼 鏡 猿
め
Grade: 5		 かね > がね
Grade: 4		 さる > ざる
Grade: S
Irregular

Etymology

眼鏡 (megane, “glasses”) +‎ 猿 (saru, “monkey”)

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) めがねざ​る [mègánézáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])
    • IPA(key): [me̞ɡa̠ne̞za̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

眼鏡猿 (hiragana めがねざる, katakana メガネザル, rōmaji meganezaru)

  1. a tarsier
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