きつね
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes)
2. fox (i.e. a sly person)
3. soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu
4. light brown; golden brown
Kanji used
fox
Pitch accent
つね
Top 8600
Used in vocabulary (25 in total)
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
to be bewitched by a fox; to be confused
light brown; golden brown
person who swaggers about under borrowed authority; small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority; (lit.) a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger
old fox; old-timer; schemer
rain shower while the sun shines; sun shower; procession of will-o'-the-wisps seen at night; jack-o'-lantern parade
game similar to rock, paper, scissors, with the hand gestures fox, hunter and village headman
to cease being possessed (by the spirit of a fox); to be released from the grasp of a fox; to be exorcised from a fox
udon with deep-fried tofu
possession by a fox spirit; person possessed by a fox spirit
bitch fox; vixen
udon with deep-fried tofu
Ezo red fox (Vulpes vulpes schrencki)
bitch fox; vixen
changing weather; fickle weather
to exorcise a fox spirit (from a person)
risky thing to do (like feeding a fox)
cooking (something) to a golden brown; something cooked until it's golden brown
small (latticework) window placed up high
way of entangling one's hands together to leave a small opening between the middle and ring fingers; (lit.) fox's window
stray arrow
unexpected good fortune
nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum); apple of Sodom; titty fruit; cow's udder
Hemisteptia lyrata
Examples (7 in total)
I think it's a fox, not a dog.
The fox and the bear lived together.
They hunted deer and foxes.