狐こ狸り

noun

foxes and tanuki

Literal compound referring to foxes and tanuki (raccoon dogs) together, often in folklore or nature contexts.

• 昔むかし話ばなしにはよく狐こ狸りが登とう場じょうする。

  Foxes and tanuki often appear in old tales.

noun

sly person; deceiver

Figurative use likening a cunning or deceitful person to a fox or tanuki; somewhat literary or old-fashioned.

• 彼かれはまるで狐こ狸りのような男おとこだ。

  He is a man just like a sly fox.