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

• (Tokyo) めぎ​つね [mègíꜜtsùnè] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [me̞ɡʲit͡sɨᵝne̞]

Noun

牝(め)狐(ぎつね) • (megitsune) 

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

Antonyms

• 雄(お)狐(ぎつね) (ogitsune)