Etymology

mujina

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Today it means: A badger. In some regions the term refers instead to the Japanese raccoon dog. In Japanese folklore, like the fox and the tanuki, they are frequently depicted as a yokai that shapeshifts and deceives humans. Full definition →

Japanese 狢
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  1. Japanese · derived from狢“badger”
  2. English todaymujina

Japanese 狢 (むじな) (mujina, “badger”)

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.