タヌキ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of タヌキ – see the following entry.

[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 spelling
貍

(This term, タヌキ (tanuki), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)