たぬき

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of たぬき – see the following entry.

【狸】H [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 貍, 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. 狸: raccoon dog