蛇

Meaning

蛇 centers on a snake or serpent. The 'hard drinker' sense is a figurative extension, likening someone who drinks heavily to a snake swallowing prey.

• 蛇へび
  N1

  snake

• 蛇口じゃぐち
  N3

  faucet; tap

• 大蛇だいじゃ

  big snake; (large) serpent

• 蛇足だそく

  redundancy; superfluity; useless addition

• 蛇行だこう

  meandering; snaking; zigzagging

• 大蛇おろち

  giant snake; monster serpent

• 長蛇ちょうだ

  long snake

• 毒蛇どくじゃ

  venomous snake; poisonous snake

• 白蛇しろへび

  albino Japanese rat snake

• 蛇腹じゃばら

  bellows (of an accordion, camera, etc.)

• 海蛇うみへび

  sea snake

• 蛇の目じゃのめ

  bull's-eye (pattern); double ring (pattern)

• 錦蛇にしきへび

  python; rock snake

• 八岐大蛇やまたのおろち

  eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)

• がらがら蛇がらがらへび

  rattlesnake

• 蛇蝎だかつ

  snakes and scorpions

• 長蛇の列ちょうだのれつ

  long line; long queue

• やぶ蛇やぶへび

  unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest

• アスプ鎖蛇アスプくさりへび

  asp viper (Vipera aspis)

• キング蛇キングへび

  king snake (any snake of genus Lampropeltis)

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