Translation guide
A piece of playground equipment consisting of a horizontal ladder or overhead bars for climbing and swinging.
monkey bars (playground equipment)
The physical structure of monkey bars found in parks or playgrounds.
The standard Japanese word for monkey bars. Literally 'cloud ladder'. Used in playgrounds and schools.
The children are playing on the monkey bars at the park.
Refers to a jungle gym, a larger climbing structure that often includes monkey bars. Sometimes used loosely for monkey bars, but technically a broader term.
That park's jungle gym has monkey bars attached.
The act of using monkey bars, such as swinging or traversing.
The English word 'monkey bars' does not have a direct animal-related translation in Japanese. Avoid literal translations like 猿の棒 (saru no bou), which would not be understood.
After school, the children played on the monkey bars.
She made it all the way across the monkey bars.