Illustration: Along the stone edge of a Japanese community garden, a snake slides out from beneath a broad squash leaf. Its long scaled body forms several loose curves, with the tail still disappearing beneath the foliage and its forked tongue briefly extended.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

蛇へび

hebi

snake

Example sentences

  1. その蛇へびはまだ生いきていた。

    The snake was still alive.

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  2. この蛇へびは触さわっても安全あんぜんですか。

    Is this snake safe to touch?

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  3. この蛇へびは毒蛇どくへびではありません。

    This snake is not venomous.

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Kanji in 蛇

  • 蛇snake; serpentOnジャ・ダ・イKunへび

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