tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog

sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox; cunning devil; sly person

feigning sleep

old badger; veteran; oldtimer; schemer; old fox

kokkuri; divination technique similar to table turning and planchette

foxes and tanuki

sly fellow; deceiver

supernatural tanuki (Japanese folklore)

Idiomatic expression

counting one's chickens before they're hatched; counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught

sly (cunning) old man

cunning old man

Idiomatic expression

two sly characters outfoxing each other; a fox and a raccoon dog fooling each other