Nounfaucet; tap

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbmeandering; snaking; zigzagging

Nounbull's-eye (pattern); double ring (pattern) · umbrella with bull's-eye pattern

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'redundancy; superfluity; useless addition

Nounsnake venom; snake toxin

Nounbellows (of an accordion, camera, etc.) · cornice · rickrack; ricrac; wave-shaped braid

Nounyear of the Snake

NounSerpens (constellation); the Snake

Nouncoil; hose

Nounbody of a snake; serpentine

Nounsnakes and scorpions · something detestable

Noungabion; cage filled with stones

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'snakeskin

Nounlacertid (any lizard of family Lacertidae, esp. the Japanese grass lizard, Takydromus tachydromoides)

Nounsnake shōchū

Nounsnake skin · sanshin

Nounsnakeheads; Chinese criminal gangs, esp. for smuggling Chinese immigrants

Nounsnake gourd (Trichosanthes cucumerina)

Noundeified snake; snake god

Nounsnake charmer

Nounserpentine (mineral)

Noundobsonfly (esp. species Protohermes grandis)

Nounsanshin; Okinawan traditional three-stringed instrument; precursor to the shamisen

Noundwarf mondo grass (Ophiopogon japonicus)

Nountorture in which the victim is bound and placed in a tub of snakes

NounEnneapterygius etheostomus (species of threefin blenny)

Nounsecretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius); secretary bird

Nounsnakeskin pattern

NounCnidium monnieri fruit

Nountightly twisted thread

Noundragon dance (e.g. in the Nagasaki Kunchi festival)

Nounserpentinite

NounCaesalpinia decapetala var. japonica

NounOphiuchus (constellation); the Serpent Bearer

Nounbeing cunning and spiteful, yet honey-tongued with feigned kindness

Nounfalse strawberry (Duchesnea chrysantha); mock strawberry

Nounpaper umbrella (with a bull's-eye design)

Nounsatyrid (any butterfly of subfamily Satyrinae, esp. the dryad, Minois dryas); grayling

Nounerratic driving; driving in a zigzag

Nounsnake soup

Nounpleated stitch

Nounpleated stitch

Nountortuous artery

Nounsand circle around the ring

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one; it takes a thief to catch a thief

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering; dragging out tortuously; half-killing a snake

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nounsnake hibernation

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verbonce bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake)