tanuki

== English == === Alternative forms === tanooki === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 狸(たぬき) (tanuki, “raccoon dog”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /təˈnʊkɪ/ (US) IPA(key): /tɑˈnuki/, /ˈtɑnuki/ Rhymes: -ʊki, -uːki Hyphenation: ta‧nuki === Noun === tanuki (plural tanuki or tanukis) A raccoon dog, Nyctereutes viverrinus. Synonym: mangut (Japanese mythology) A folkloric figure in the form of a tanuki, regarded as a shapeshifter and renowned for its enormous scrotum and testicles. The joining of a living bonsai tree to a piece of dead wood for aesthetic effect. === Anagrams === Kaniut, Kutina, Anukit == Cebuano == === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 狸 (たぬき, tanuki, “raccoon dog”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ta‧nu‧ki === Noun === tanuki a raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) == Japanese == === Romanization === tanuki Rōmaji transcription of たぬき Rōmaji transcription of タヌキ == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 狸 (たぬき, tanuki, “raccoon dog”). === Noun === tanuki m (plural tanukis) raccoon dog; tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides, a canid of East Asia)