kitsune

English

Etymology

From Japanese 狐 (kitsune, “fox”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /kɪtˈsune/, /kɪtˈsun/, /kɪtˈsuni/
Hyphenation: kit‧su‧ne

Noun

kitsune (plural kitsune or kitsunes)

(mythology) a Japanese fox spirit, normally female, said to have powers such as shape-shifting, and whose power is symbolized by increase in number of tails

Translations

Japanese fox spirit

Ainu: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: كيتسونه‎
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: kicune
Esperanto: kicuneo
French: kitsune (fr) m

Georgian: კიცუნე (ḳicune)
Hungarian: kicune
Japanese: 狐 (ja) (きつね, kitsune)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Latvian: kicune
Persian: کیتسونه‎
Russian: кицунэ (ru) (kicunɛ)

See also

kitsune on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Vulpes vulpes japonica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

nitsuke

Japanese

Romanization

kitsune

Rōmaji transcription of きつね

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