| がらがら蛇 | がらがらへび
| (n) rattlesnake/ |
| 烏蛇 | からすへび | (n) black snake/ |
| 黄頷蛇 | あおだいしょう
| (n) common harmless snake/ |
| 海蛇 | うみへび
| (n) sea serpent/sea snake/ |
| 海蛇座 | うみへびざ | (n) (the constellation) Hydra/ |
| 眼鏡蛇 | めがねへび | (n) Indian cobra/ |
| 錦蛇 | にしきへび | (n) python/harlequin snake/ |
| 黒蛇 | くろへび
| blacksnake/ |
| 山棟蛇 | やまかがし | variety of poisonous snake/ |
| 縞蛇 | しまへび | (n) (pale-yellow snake) (non-poisonous)/ |
| 神蛇 | しんじゃ
| sacred snake/ |
| 水蛇座 | みずへびざ | (n) (the constellation) Hydrus/ |
| 赤棟蛇 | やまかがし | variety of poisonous snake/ |
| 大蛇 | おろち
| (n) mythical eight-headed serpent/ |
| 大蛇 | だいじゃ
| (n) big snake/serpent/ |
| 長蛇 | ちょうだ
| (n) long line/ |
| 長蛇の列 | ちょうだのれつ | long line/long snake/(P)/ |
| 毒蛇 | どくじゃ
| (n) poisonous snake/poisonous
serpent/ |
| 毒蛇 | どくへび | (n) poisonous snake/poisonous serpent/ |
| 薮をつついて蛇を出す | やぶをつついてへびをだす | (exp) let sleeping dogs lie/ |
| 薮蛇 | やぶへび | (exp,n) that'll teach you/you should have kept
quiet/ |
| 薮蛇に成る | やぶへびになる | (exp,v5) you'll only make work for yourself/to stir up a
hornet's nest/to put one's foot in one's mouth/ |
| 竜頭蛇尾 | りゅうとうだび
| (n) a strong beginning and a weak ending/an
anticlimax/ |
| 藪蛇 | やぶへび | (n) bringing
unnecessary trouble upon oneself/ |
Japanese - English dictionary courtesy of Jim Breen.
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