たぬき
Also written タヌキ, 狸, 貍
Meanings
- Noun tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog
- sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox; cunning devil; sly person
Example sentences
- 捕らぬ狸の皮算用。
Don't count your chickens. - 取らぬ狸の皮算用か。
Are you counting your chickens before they are hatched? - 捕らぬ狸の皮算用をするな。
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. - ここにはどうやら日本語を喋る狸とコアラとキツネと兎が見受けられますな〜？
Apparently we can find Japanese speaking tanukis, koalas, foxes and rabbits here? - 取らぬ狸の皮算用。
Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
Common phrases
Words containing たぬき
- たぬきそば soba with tempura batter
- たぬきうどん noodles with bits of deep-fried tempura batter
- どうたぬき Dōtanuki school (Muromachi-period swordsmithing school)
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