狐火

Japanese

Kanji in this term
きつね
Hyōgaiji
ひ > び
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of (kitsune, fox) + (hi, fire).[1][2] The hi changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

狐火 (hiragana きつねび, rōmaji kitsunebi)

  1. will o' the wisp, foxfire

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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