Japanese Raccoon Dog

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Translation

The Japanese word for "Japanese Raccoon Dog" is hondo-tanuki ホンドタヌキ.

  • 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.
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 ✕
hondo-tanuki ホンドタヌキ
ezo-tanuki エゾタヌキ

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Further Reading

Wikipedia: Japanese_raccoon_dog
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