真ま猿さる

noun

monkey (esp. Japanese macaque)

Archaic term for monkey, especially the Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata). Replaced by 猿 (さる) in modern Japanese.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんには「真ま猿さる」と記しるされているが、今いまでは「猿さる」と書かく。

  In old documents it is written as 真猿, but nowadays it is written as 猿.