"너구리"
Translation:Raccoon dog
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Apparently it's a canid native to Asia that looks similar to a raccoon, though the two aren't closely related.
My wife (Korean) said she uses the term to refer to raccoons as well, so they can be considered more or less interchangeable.
One of my korean friends convinced my best friend that neoguri ramen was made with raccoon broth, and she freaked out for like a week
I still have a package of neoguri at home! When I saw this animal name, I was like, oh they're mixing food with animals in this unit? =D
also they use it for normal raccoons as well. in fact you can go to raccoon cafes. you don't eat them but you do get to play with raccoons. it was awesome not gonna lie.
I'm curious to know whether it's okay to say "tanuki" like that ^ as well. I mean I said raccoon dog, but I'm just wondering.
actually, it's very common for ppl from seoul to pronounce 어 as 아, it confused me lot until i learned about regional accents and read about gyeongi-do (the dialect used in seoul)
The way she says 아 and 어 are very similar, but are very subtly distinguishable.
I was pleasantly surprised when I wrote the Japanese word, tanuki, and it accepted it.
Is simply translating this as "raccoon" also correct, or is this just another case where duolingo marks my totally wrong answer as acceptable?
in poco's udon world, poco is a tanuki...its a great anime and it helps me remember this word! ( - /// -)
It's not a raccoon. It's a dog that has markings similar to a raccoon and fills the same ecological niche, but not at all the same thing. Raccoons are Procyonids that are native to North America and Neoguri (probably better known in English by their Japanese name, Tanuki) are Canids native to Asia.
Moguri Neoguri JIRIT JIRIT<sub>~</sub> -Momo of TWICE
(Ps. Idk the actual words)