さる

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of さる – see the following entries.

【猿さる】S [noun] a monkey (primate) [noun] Short for 日本にっぽん猿ざる (Nihonzaru, “Japanese macaque”). [noun] (loosely) an ape (animal) Alternative spelling サル

【申さる】3 [proper noun] the Monkey, the ninth of the twelve Earthly Branches

【去さる】 [verb] to leave

(This term, さる (saru), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as さる, see Category:Japanese kanji read as さる.)

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
然しかる

The 連体れんたい形がた(れんたいけい) (rentaikei, “adnominal form”) of 然しか(さ)り (sari, “to be so”), a shift from earlier 然しか (sa, “so; like that”) +‎ あり (ari, “to be”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さる [sáꜜrù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠ɾɯ̟]

Adnominal

さる • (saru) 

1. a certain
2. such

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sa̠ɾɯ̟]

Verb

さる • (saru) 

1. (Classical Japanese) Alternative form of せらる (seraru), terminal passive of す (su)
   • 1928, 萩原はぎはら朔太郎さくたろう, 常識じょうしき家かの非常識ひじょうしき‎^[2], 青空あおぞら文庫ぶんこ:

     してみれば常つね(じやう)識(しき)的てき(てき)聰さとし(そう)明あきら(めい)といふこと（今いま(いま)の小しょう(せう)説せつ(せつ)家いえ(か)等ひとし(ら)が唯ただ(ゆい)一いち(いつ)の得とく(とく)意い(い)とするのはそれである。）は、必(かならず)しも僕ぼく(ぼく)等ひとし(ら)にとつて恐こわ(おそ)ろしいものでない。否いや(いな)むしろ低ひく(てい)級きゅう(きふ)視み(し)さるべき、愚ぐ(ぐ)劣れつ(れつ)な馬うま(ば)鹿しか(か)馬うま(ば)鹿しか(か)しいものである。

     Shite mireba jōshikiteki sōmei to iu koto (ima no shōsetsukara ga yuiitsu no tokui to suru no wa sore de aru.) wa, kanarazu shi mo bokura ni totte osoroshii mono de nai. Ina mushiro teikyūshi saru beki, guretsu na bakabakashii mono de aru.

     Then, common-sense wisdom (this is the only thing novelists today can pride themselves on) is not necessarily something for us to be afraid of. No, if anything, it is something that should be looked down upon, something asinine and stupid.

References

1. “文法ぶんぽう上じょう許容きょようスベキ事項じこう”, in 官報かんぽう, number 6728, 1905 December 2, 文部省もんぶしょう告示こくじ第だい158号ごう, page 57