Search Terms: *狐
Dictionary results(showing 23 results)
noun
1.
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes)(usually kana)
2.
fox (i.e. a sly person)(usually kana)
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4.
Other readings:
けつね《狐》
、きつ《狐》[1]
、キツネ
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
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bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis)(usually kana)
Other readings:
オオミミギツネ
noun
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nine-tailed kitsune (fox spirit, kitsune are said to be more powerful the more tails they have)
See also:天狐
noun
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Cape fox (Vulpes chama), cama fox, silver-backed fox(usually kana)
Other readings:
ケープギツネ
noun
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fox cub, little fox, small fox, juvenile fox
Other readings:
子狐【こぎつね】
、子ギツネ【こギツネ】
、小狐【こぎつね】
、小ギツネ【こギツネ】
、コギツネ
expression
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person who swaggers about under borrowed authority, small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority, a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger(idiom )
noun
1.
wild fox
2.
mythical fox spirit capable of possessing people(archaism)(only relevant for やこ)
Other readings:
野狐【やこ】
noun
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gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ハイイロギツネ
noun
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common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)(usually kana)
Other readings:
フクロギツネ
noun
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Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus, formerly Alopex lagopus)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ホッキョクギツネ
noun
1.
female fox, vixen, she-fox(only relevant for 牝狐 and 雌狐)
2.
woman who deceives men
Other readings:
女狐【めぎつね】
、雌狐【めぎつね】