a tick (arachnid)

examination, exam, test / quiz

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

a cocktail party

raccoon dog / wild cat

a raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides / (figuratively) a person who pretends to be good but in fact is cunning (compare English sly fox)

(archaic, obsolete) a raccoon dog / (archaic, obsolete) the hair of a raccoon dog, used for making brushes

(dated, dialectal, Western Japan, chiefly Kansai) a raccoon dog / (dated, dialectal, Kansai) Short for 狸饂飩 (tanoki-udon) and 狸蕎麦 (tanoki-soba): styles of various noodle dishes