tanuki

What the young woman didn't realize was that for a being such as Tanuki, twelve of her years might be a full century.

The men closed in around her, which set Tanuki to growling.

Indeed, as the months passed, Tanuki seemed increasingly fond of his daughter.

Although the light was dim, Tanuki could see the fatigue in her face.

No, it's impossible, really, to form a mental image of Tanuki in such a setting.

No, the only way every to get any peace and quiet was to render the Tanuki harmless for ever.

She had the tanuki act, the one the drunk clown screwed up.

He bent his steps to the dwelling of the Tanuki and knocked at the door.

"I hear you can exchange it for sake," Tanuki objected.

In later chapters, Tanuki now dons a cape as well.

What portion of Tanuki's grief was a sense of personal loss?

"I don't know what you're talking about," Tanuki said, scowling.

Nearly three months passed before Tanuki returned to the Kyoto temple.

Under those conditions, needless to say, Tanuki made an enthusiastic bridegroom.

Apart from these places, there are few cases where tanuki are treated with special regard.

For several moments after his daughter disappeared into the cave, Tanuki stood watching after her.

Look for wooden wheels and a stuffed raccoon-dog called Tanuki outside the front door.

What immediately follows is a brief, and only partial, clarification concerning Tanuki's nature.

At first, the daughter at the well seemed prepared to accept Tanuki's invitation to lie down with him.

"Why," Tanuki grumbled, "would they fell trees but leave men standing?

When Tanuki groaned in protest and made to turn away, the fox seized him by the ears.

When the man dies upon being attacked by dogs, his dead body turns into a Tanuki's body.