Translation
hondo-tanuki means "Japanese Raccoon Dog" in English.
- The hondo-tanuki, Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus, is a tanuki タヌキ from the "mainland," hondo 本土, while the ezo-tanuki, Nyctereutes procyonides albus, comes from the term Ezo, which along with Ebisu, Emishi, all spelled 蝦夷, referred to the people and tribes that lived in northeastern Honshū 本州 and Hokkaidō 北海道.
hondo-tanuki is normally written with katakana, as ホンドタヌキ.
hondo-tanuki written with hiragana is ほんどたぬき.
hondo-tanuki written with hiragana is ほんどたぬき.
Romaji | ho | n | do | ta | nu | ki |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hiragana | ほ | ん | ど | た | ぬ | き |
Katakana | ホ | ン | ド | タ | ヌ | キ |
Kanji | 本 | 土 | 狸 | |||
Meaning | Mainland | Raccoon Dog | ||||
School Level | 小1 | 小1 | ✕ |
Synonyms
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