妖狐

Japanese

Kanji in this term
妖	狐
よう Grade: S	こ Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

妖(よう)狐(こ) • (yōko) 

1. a "demon fox"; (a kitsune)

Derived terms

• 九尾の妖狐 (きゅうびのようこ, kyūbi no yōko) a "nine-tailed demon fox"

See also

• 九尾の狐 (きゅうびのきつね, kyūbi no kitsune): a "nine-tailed fox"
• 天狐 (てんこ, tenko): a "celestial fox"
• 善狐 (ぜんこ, zenko): "good foxes," sometimes simply called "Inari-Foxes"
• 野狐 (やこ, yako; or のぎつね, nogitsune): "field/wild foxes"
• 狐火 (きつねひ, kitsune-bi): the will o' the wisps; foxfire
• 人狐 (にんこ, ninko): an "invisible fox spirit"
• 狐の嫁入り (きつねのよめいり, kitsune no yomeiri): a "fox marriage"