牝狐

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Hyōgaiji
きつね > ぎつね
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology[edit]

Compound of () (me, female) + (きつね) (kitsune, fox). The kitsune changes to gitsune as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

()(ぎつね) (megitsune

  1. vixen (female fox)
  2. vixen (temperamental woman)

Antonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN