九尾の狐

Japanese

Kanji in this term
九	尾	狐
きゅう Grade: 1	び Grade: S	きつね Hyōgaiji

Etymology

Compound of 九 (kyū, “nine”) +‎ 尾 (bi, “tail”) +‎ の (no, “possessive particle”) +‎ 狐 (kitsune, “fox”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きゅうびのきつね [kyúꜜùbì nò kìtsùnè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
(Tokyo) きゅうびのきつね [kyùúbí nó kítsúné] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [kʲɨᵝːbʲi no̞ kʲit͡sɨᵝne̞]

Noun

九尾の狐 (hiragana きゅうびのきつね, rōmaji kyūbi no kitsune, historical hiragana きうびのきつね)

(mythology) nine-tailed fox

Synonyms

九 (きゅう)尾 (び)狐 (こ) (kyūbiko)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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