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Japanese
Noun
猩々 • (shōjō)
- (Chinese mythology) a alcohol loving ape with long red hair and a human face
- a heavy drinker
- (theater) Nō mask of a red faced young man
- Synonym of オランウータン (oranūtan, “orangutan”)
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