Kanji

狸

狸

tanuki, raccoon

Kanji

Grade

Secondary School

Strokes

10 strokes

Radical

犬部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

リ, ライ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

たぬき

Example sentences

狸 たぬき
山道 で 野生 の 狸 を 見かけた 。

I spotted a wild raccoon dog on the mountain path.

狐狸 こり
夜 の 山道 は 静まり返り 、 まるで 狐狸 妖怪 が 出そう な 雰囲気 だった 。

The mountain path at night was dead silent, with an atmosphere as if spirits and monsters might appear.

Example Vocabulary

狸

たぬき

raccoon dog; tanuki

狸寝入り

たぬきねいり

古狸

ふるだぬき

化け狸

ばけだぬき

狐狸

こり

foxes and badgers; deceivers; sly people

取らぬ狸の皮算用

とらぬたぬきのかわざんよう

狸親父

たぬきおやじ

狸爺

たぬきじじい

捕らぬ狸の皮算用

とらぬたぬきのかわざんよう

狐と狸の化かし合い

きつねとたぬきのばかしあい

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