狸たぬき
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog
2. sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox; cunning devil; sly person
Kanji used
racoon dog
Pitch accent
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ぬき
Top 16000
Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
sly (cunning) old man
cunning old man
facial expression of feigned ignorance
patting the raccoon's belly (tesuji); (lit.) tanuki drums his belly
counting one's chickens before they're hatched; (lit.) counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught
soba with tempura batter
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) raccoon dogs of the same hole
patting the raccoon's belly (tesuji); (lit.) tanuki drums his belly
bladderwort
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