牝狐

Japanese

Kanji in this term
牝 狐
め
Hyōgai 		きつね > ぎつね
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 牝(め) (me, “female”) + 狐(きつね) (kitsune, “fox”). The kitsune reading for 狐 changes to gitsune as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) めぎつね [mègíꜜtsùnè] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [me̞ɡʲit͡sɨne̞]

Noun

牝(め)狐(ぎつね) • (megitsune) 

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

Antonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ “牝狐”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
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