See 猿も木から落ちる in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{ "etymology_text": "Phrase consisting of 猿 (saru, “monkey”) + も (mo, “even, also”) + 木 (ki, “tree”) + から (kara, “from”) + 落ちる (ochiru, “fall”). Literally “even monkeys fall from trees”.\nFirst cited to a text from 1638.", "forms": [ { "form": "猿も木から落ちる", "ruby": [ [ "猿", "さる" ], [ "木", "き" ], [ "落", "お" ] ], "tags": [ "canonical" ] }, { "form": "saru mo ki kara ochiru", "tags": [ "romanization" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "proverb", "2": "さる も き から おちる", "head": "猿も木から落ちる" }, "expansion": "猿(さる)も木(き)から落(お)ちる • (saru mo ki kara ochiru)", "name": "ja-pos" } ], "lang": "Japanese", "lang_code": "ja", "pos": "proverb", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters", "parents": [ "Links with redundant alt parameters", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks", "parents": [ "Links with redundant wikilinks", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Japanese proverbs", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Japanese terms with 3 kanji", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys", "parents": [ "Terms with redundant sortkeys", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "glosses": [ "even experts occasionally make mistakes: even Homer nods, a horse may stumble though he has four legs" ], "id": "en-猿も木から落ちる-ja-proverb-TEgz3BiR", "links": [ [ "even Homer nods", "even Homer nods" ], [ "a horse may stumble though he has four legs", "a horse may stumble though he has four legs" ] ], "related": [ { "english": "if surprised, even a pig will climb a tree", "roman": "buta mo odaterya ki ni noboru", "ruby": [ [ "豚", "ぶた" ], [ "木", "き" ], [ "登", "のぼ" ] ], "word": "豚もおだてりゃ木に登る" } ], "synonyms": [ { "english": "there are brush mistakes even with Kūkai [a master calligrapher]", "roman": "kōbō ni mo fude no ayamari", "ruby": [ [ "弘法", "こうぼう" ], [ "筆", "ふで" ], [ "誤", "あやま" ] ], "word": "弘法にも筆の誤り" }, { "english": "water leaks [even] from skilled hands", "roman": "jōzu no te kara mizu ga moreru", "ruby": [ [ "上手", "じょうず" ], [ "手", "て" ], [ "水", "みず" ], [ "漏", "も" ] ], "word": "上手の手から水が漏れる" }, { "english": "a water-imp's getting washed away by the river", "roman": "kappa no kawanagare", "ruby": [ [ "河童", "かっぱ" ], [ "川流", "かわなが" ] ], "word": "河童の川流れ" } ], "wikipedia": [ "Daijirin", "Daijisen", "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten", "ja:松村明" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "other": "さるもきからおちる" }, { "ipa": "[sa̠ɾɯ̟ mo̞ kʲi ka̠ɾa̠ o̞t͡ɕiɾɯ̟]" } ], "word": "猿も木から落ちる" }
{ "etymology_text": "Phrase consisting of 猿 (saru, “monkey”) + も (mo, “even, also”) + 木 (ki, “tree”) + から (kara, “from”) + 落ちる (ochiru, “fall”). Literally “even monkeys fall from trees”.\nFirst cited to a text from 1638.", "forms": [ { "form": "猿も木から落ちる", "ruby": [ [ "猿", "さる" ], [ "木", "き" ], [ "落", "お" ] ], "tags": [ "canonical" ] }, { "form": "saru mo ki kara ochiru", "tags": [ "romanization" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "proverb", "2": "さる も き から おちる", "head": "猿も木から落ちる" }, "expansion": "猿(さる)も木(き)から落(お)ちる • (saru mo ki kara ochiru)", "name": "ja-pos" } ], "lang": "Japanese", "lang_code": "ja", "pos": "proverb", "related": [ { "english": "if surprised, even a pig will climb a tree", "roman": "buta mo odaterya ki ni noboru", "ruby": [ [ "豚", "ぶた" ], [ "木", "き" ], [ "登", "のぼ" ] ], "word": "豚もおだてりゃ木に登る" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Japanese entries with incorrect language header", "Japanese lemmas", "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters", "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks", "Japanese proverbs", "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji", "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji", "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji", "Japanese terms with 3 kanji", "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation", "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent", "Japanese terms with multiple readings", "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries" ], "glosses": [ "even experts occasionally make mistakes: even Homer nods, a horse may stumble though he has four legs" ], "links": [ [ "even Homer nods", "even Homer nods" ], [ "a horse may stumble though he has four legs", "a horse may stumble though he has four legs" ] ], "wikipedia": [ "Daijirin", "Daijisen", "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten", "ja:松村明" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "other": "さるもきからおちる" }, { "ipa": "[sa̠ɾɯ̟ mo̞ kʲi ka̠ɾa̠ o̞t͡ɕiɾɯ̟]" } ], "synonyms": [ { "english": "there are brush mistakes even with Kūkai [a master calligrapher]", "roman": "kōbō ni mo fude no ayamari", "ruby": [ [ "弘法", "こうぼう" ], [ "筆", "ふで" ], [ "誤", "あやま" ] ], "word": "弘法にも筆の誤り" }, { "english": "water leaks [even] from skilled hands", "roman": "jōzu no te kara mizu ga moreru", "ruby": [ [ "上手", "じょうず" ], [ "手", "て" ], [ "水", "みず" ], [ "漏", "も" ] ], "word": "上手の手から水が漏れる" }, { "english": "a water-imp's getting washed away by the river", "roman": "kappa no kawanagare", "ruby": [ [ "河童", "かっぱ" ], [ "川流", "かわなが" ] ], "word": "河童の川流れ" } ], "word": "猿も木から落ちる" }
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