たぬき

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of たぬき – see the following entry.
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a raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides
(figurative) a person who pretends to be good but in fact is cunning (compare English sly fox)
Short for 狸饂飩 (tanuki-udon) and 狸蕎麦 (tanuki-soba): styles of various noodle dishes
(rare) Short for 狸寝入り (tanuki neiri): pretending to be asleep
(rare, obsolete) Short for 狸汁 (tanuki-jiru): a soup made from tanuki meat mixed with daikon, burdock root, etc.
Alternative spellings
, タヌキ
(This term, たぬき (tanuki), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as たぬき, see Category:Japanese kanji read as たぬき.)

Okinawan

Noun

たぬき (tanuki

  1. : raccoon dog