tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
counting one's chickens before they're hatched; (lit.) counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught
two sly characters outfoxing each other; (lit.) a fox and a raccoon dog fooling each other
tanuki soup; raccoon-dog soup
facial expression of feigned ignorance
patting the raccoon's belly (tesuji); (lit.) tanuki drums his belly
tanuki drumming on their stomachs
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) raccoon dogs of the same hole
something spread out widely; something taking a lot of space; (lit.) eight jō of a raccoon dog's scrotum
bowl of rice topped with tenkasu and tempura dipping sauce
wooly frogsmouth (Philydrum lanuginosum); wooly waterlily