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 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Tanuki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
An animal known as tanuki in one region may be known as mujina in another region.
Regional dishes known as tanuki-jiru ("tanuki soup") may contain either raccoon dog or badger, although the taste of the latter is often preferred.
Originally, the characters for tanuki, 狸 (kyujitai: 貍) were used to refer to other mid-sized mammals, mostly wild cats.
www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Tanuki   (810 words)

  
 Raccoon Dog
It is named for its resemblance to the raccoon, to whom it is only distantly related (no more than any other dog).
The animal carries historical and cultural significance in Japan, and is also known under the Japanese name tanuki (Katakana: タヌキ; Kanji: 狸 or in Kyujitai: 貍).
Raccoon Dogs are native to Japan, southeastern Siberia, and Manchuria but now range as far as Scandinavia and France; in 2005, sightings were reported in Italy as well.
music.musictnt.com /biography/sdmc_Raccoon_dogs   (619 words)

  
 Kanji - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
The same kanji character can sometimes be written in two different ways, ???
The following are some examples of Kyujitai followed by the corresponding Shinjitai:
Kyujitai were used before the end of World War II, and are mostly, if not completely, the same as the Traditional Chinese characters.
www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=Kanji   (3763 words)

  
 SHINJITAI Articles from AMAZINES.COM - The Article Database and EZine Publishers Database
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Kyujitai: ???, meaning "new character form"), are the forms of Kanji used in Japan since the promulgation of the Toyo Kanji List in 1946.
Some of the new forms found in Shinjitai are also found in Simplified Chinese, but is generally not as extensive in the scope of its modification.
www.amazines.com /Shinjitai_related.html   (383 words)

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