Examples of tanuki in a Sentence
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Many porches displayed tanuki statues, hoping the jolly sake-clutching raccoon dogs brought prosperity.
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Norma Meyer, Orange County Register, 15 May 2024
Also try: Takahashi (10324 S.E. Holgate Blvd.), chef Seiji Takahashi (of Sushi Takahashi 1 and 2 fame)’s original restaurant, is under new ownership, but the room remains charmingly cluttered with lanterns, tanuki statues and origami cranes.
—oregonlive, 17 Feb. 2023
And in grand homes and fancy offices, a more easily read calligraphic work may be displayed as a conversation starter — its short, clear lines executed with a firm, resilient tanuki or horsehair brush.
—New York Times, 3 June 2021
Many Japanese woodblock prints depict a tanuki kneading its testes into the shape of various objects, such as raincoats or fishing nets.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2020
In 2016, British outlets ran a story about a man in Blackpool who was concerned people would mistake his tanuki for a feral raccoon.
—Elaina Zachos, National Geographic, 16 May 2018
The miniature houses with front stoops guarded by potted plants and tanuki (raccoon dog) figurines had a stillness about them.
—Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2017
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Norma Meyer, Orange County Register, 15 May 2024
Also try: Takahashi (10324 S.E. Holgate Blvd.), chef Seiji Takahashi (of Sushi Takahashi 1 and 2 fame)’s original restaurant, is under new ownership, but the room remains charmingly cluttered with lanterns, tanuki statues and origami cranes.
—oregonlive, 17 Feb. 2023
And in grand homes and fancy offices, a more easily read calligraphic work may be displayed as a conversation starter — its short, clear lines executed with a firm, resilient tanuki or horsehair brush.
—New York Times, 3 June 2021
Many Japanese woodblock prints depict a tanuki kneading its testes into the shape of various objects, such as raincoats or fishing nets.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2020
In 2016, British outlets ran a story about a man in Blackpool who was concerned people would mistake his tanuki for a feral raccoon.
—Elaina Zachos, National Geographic, 16 May 2018
The miniature houses with front stoops guarded by potted plants and tanuki (raccoon dog) figurines had a stillness about them.
—Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2017
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“Tanuki.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tanuki. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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