狐と狸の化かし合い きつねとたぬきのばかしあい Meanings Expression, Noun two sly characters outfoxing each other (literally: a fox and a raccoon dog fooling each other) Kanji 狐 fox. Read as きつね. 狸 tanuki; raccoon. Read as たぬき. 化 transform. Read as ばかす. 合 fit. Read as あい. Word lists Idioms Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists