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さんえん 三猿
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1. three wise monkeys (who "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil")​See also 見猿, See also 言わ猿, See also 聞か猿
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2. Three wise monkeys​The three wise monkeys, sometimes called the three mystic apes, are a pictorial maxim. Together they embody the proverbial principle to "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil". The three monkeys are Mizaru, covering his eyes, who sees no evil; Kikazaru, covering his ears, who hears no evil; and Iwazaru, covering his mouth, who speaks no evil. Sometimes there is a fourth monkey depicted with the three others; the last one, Shizaru, symbolizes the principle of "do no evil".
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