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三猿
【 さんえん； さんざる 】

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[n] ▶ three wise monkeys (who "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil") Cross references:   ⇔ see: 1259340 見猿 1. see-no-evil monkey (one of the three wise monkeys)   ⇔ see: 1264390 言わ猿 1. say-no-evil monkey (one of the three wise monkeys)   ⇔ see: 1505730 聞か猿 1. hear-no-evil monkey (one of the three wise monkeys)   ⇐ see: 2851342 庚申塚【こうしんづか】 1. roadside standing stone dedicated to the Buddhist deity Shōmen Kongō (usu. also engraved with the three wise monkeys)