たぬき

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of たぬき – see the following entry.
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[noun] a raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides
[noun] (figurative) a person who pretends to be good but in fact is cunning (compare English sly fox)
[noun] Short for 狸饂飩 (tanuki-udon) and 狸蕎麦 (tanuki-soba): styles of various noodle dishes
[noun] (rare) Short for 狸寝入り (tanuki neiri): pretending to be asleep
[noun] (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, 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
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