| Kanji | Hiragana | Katakana |
|---|---|---|
| 狐 | きつね | キツネ |
Pronunciation: kitsune
How to Say It Outloud: kitsune
Usage: Commonly used to refer to a fox in general contexts.
Example Sentence Japanese:
森にはたくさんの狐が住んでいます。
森にはたくさんの狐が住んでいます。Example Sentence English:There are many foxes living in the forest.
There are many foxes living in the forest.Dictionary
狐きつねCommon word
Noun- fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes)
- fox (i.e. a sly person)
- soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu
- light brown; golden brown
- Kitsune
- Fox
フォックスフォックス
Noun- fox; fox fur
子ぎつねこぎつね
Noun- fox cub; little fox; small fox; juvenile fox
こぎつね座こぎつねざ
Noun- Vulpecula (constellation); the Fox
- Vulpecula
狸たぬきCommon word
Noun- tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog
- sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox; cunning devil; sly person
- Raccoon dog
シマハイイロギツネシマハイイロギツネ
Noun- island fox (Urocyon littoralis); coast fox; short-tailed fox; island gray fox; Channel Islands fox; Channel Islands gray fox; California Channel Island fox; insular gray fox
蟹食犬かにくいいぬ
Noun- crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous); forest fox; wood fox; common fox
妖狐ようこ
Noun- fox with supernatural powers; fox spirit
- Kitsune
管狐くだぎつね
Noun- kuda-gitsune; pipe fox; fox-like spirit kept inside a bamboo tube and used by its master to perform divinations and curses
- stoat
- Kuda-gitsune
九尾の狐きゅうびのきつね
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)Noun
- nine-tailed fox; old, golden-furred fox with nine tails and shapeshifting powers used to fool humans; orig. a Chinese mystical beast whose appearance was considered auspicious
- Nine-tailed fox
狐塚きつねづか
Noun- foxhole; fox mound; fox earth
オグロスナギツネオグロスナギツネ
Noun- pale fox (Vulpes pallida); African sand fox; pallid fox
- Pale fox
ケープ狐ケープぎつね
Noun- Cape fox (Vulpes chama); cama fox; silver-backed fox
- Cape fox
天狐てんこ
Noun- celestial fox; fox with supernatural powers (sometimes said to live in the heavens)
牝狐めぎつね
Noun- female fox; vixen; she-fox
- woman who deceives men
偽善者ぎぜんしゃ
Noun- hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin
狐付ききつねつき
Noun- possession by a fox spirit; person possessed by a fox spirit
オジロスナギツネオジロスナギツネ
Noun- Rüppell's fox (Vulpes rueppellii); Rueppell's fox; sand fox
稲荷いなり
Noun- Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama)
- Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto)
- fox (said to be messengers of Inari)
- fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes)
- inarizushi
- Inari
赤狐あかぎつね
Noun- red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
- Red fox
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