たぬき

tanuki

raccoon dog

The animal is also called a tanuki in English. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

やがて弓矢ゆみやの発明はつめいとともに、タヌキやウサギなどの小動物しょうどうぶつも狩猟対象しゅりょうたいしょうとなっていった。
Later, when the bow and arrows was invented, small animals such as raccoon dogs and hares also became game animals.
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現在げんざいでこそ鉄道てつどうや道路どうろが整備せいびされているが、昔むかしは狸たぬきが出でるような細道ほそみちで、徒歩とほで峠とうげをこえていたという。
In the past, people had to cross the pass on foot and raccoon dogs were found around there.
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筆ふで…ウマ、ヒツジ、タヌキなどの動物どうぶつの毛けをまとめて木きや竹たけの柄えの先さきに取とり付つけたものが一般的いっぱんてきである。
Brush: Commonly collected hair of animals such as horse, sheep, raccoon dog, and others, attached to the top of wooden or bamboo stick.
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