tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides), raccoon dog, sly dog...

tanuki soup, raccoon-dog soup

cunning old man

bladderwort

bowl of rice topped with tenkasu and tempura dipping sauce

facial expression of feigned ignorance

beaver

old badger, veteran, oldtimer...

foxes and tanuki, sly fellow, deceiver

wolverine (Gulo gulo), glutton, carcajou

hyrax

small tanuki

soba with tempura batter

tanuki drumming on their stomachs

sly (cunning) old man

wooly frogsmouth (Philydrum lanuginosum), wooly waterlily

supernatural tanuki (Japanese folklore)

feigning sleep

kokkuri, divination technique similar to table turning and planchette

(villains) of the same stripe, birds of a feather, raccoon dogs of the same hole

tricksters, deceivers, fey creatures...

kokkuri, divination technique similar to table turning and planchette

kokkuri, divination technique similar to table turning and planchette

counting one's chickens before they're hatched, counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught

counting one's chickens before they're hatched, counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught

counting one's chickens before they're hatched, counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught

counting one's chickens before they're hatched, counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught

two sly characters outfoxing each other, a fox and a raccoon dog fooling each other

something spread out widely, something taking a lot of space, eight jō of a raccoon dog's scrotum

something spread out widely, something taking a lot of space, eight jō of a raccoon dog's scrotum