御猿
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 御 | 猿 |
| お Grade: S |
えん Grade: S |
| yutōyomi | |
Etymology[edit]
/owen/ > /oen/. Literally "great monkey", a comparison of menstruation to the red buttocks of monkeys.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- the shedding of the uterine lining in females; menstruation, period
See also[edit]
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 御 read as お
- Japanese terms spelled with 猿 read as えん
- Japanese terms read with yutōyomi
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms historically spelled with ゑ
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters