牝狐

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Japanese

[edit]
Kanji in this term

Hyōgai
きつね > ぎつね
Hyōgai
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 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN