牝狐

Japanese

Kanji in this term
牝	狐
め Hyōgaiji	きつね > ぎつね Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

牝(め)狐(ぎつね) • (megitsune)

vixen (female fox)
vixen (temperamental woman)

Antonyms

雄(お)狐(ぎつね) (ogitsune)

References

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