"天狐" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [tẽ̞ŋko̞] Forms: 天狐 [canonical] (ruby: (てん), ()), tenko [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|てんこ}} 天(てん)狐(こ) • (tenko)
  1. (mythology, Shinto): A heavenly/celestial fox; a nine-tail fox said to be the most powerful form of the kitsune: Once they turn 1,000-years-old, they gain all nine of their tails, turn a golden color, and ascend to the heavens, where they become celestial foxes. Coordinate_terms: 善狐: "good foxes (zenko), Inari-Foxes" (english: sometimes simply called), 野狐, 野狐 (yako) (ruby: 野狐(やこ), 野狐(のぎつね)) (english: wild fox), 妖狐: a "demon fox (yōko), " (alt: a kitsune), 九尾の狐: a (kyūbinokitsune) (ruby: 九尾(きゅうび), (きつね)) (english: nine-tailed fox), 九尾の妖狐: a (kyūbinoyōko) (ruby: 九尾(きゅうび), 妖狐(ようこ)) (english: nine-tailed demon fox), 狐の嫁入り (kitsunenoyomeiri) (ruby: (きつね), 嫁入(よめい)) (english: rain shower while the sun shines), 狐火: (kitsunebi) (ruby: 狐火(きつねび)) (english: will o' the wisp)
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          "english": "will o' the wisp",
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        "A heavenly/celestial fox; a nine-tail fox said to be the most powerful form of the kitsune: Once they turn 1,000-years-old, they gain all nine of their tails, turn a golden color, and ascend to the heavens, where they become celestial foxes."
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        "(mythology, Shinto): A heavenly/celestial fox; a nine-tail fox said to be the most powerful form of the kitsune: Once they turn 1,000-years-old, they gain all nine of their tails, turn a golden color, and ascend to the heavens, where they become celestial foxes."
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        "A heavenly/celestial fox; a nine-tail fox said to be the most powerful form of the kitsune: Once they turn 1,000-years-old, they gain all nine of their tails, turn a golden color, and ascend to the heavens, where they become celestial foxes."
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