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Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
三猿 • (san'en) ←さんゑん (san'wen)?
- 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)
- 三猿主義
- san'en shugi
- the three-monkeys principle