"牝狐" meaning in Japanese

See 牝狐 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [me̞ɡʲit͡sɨne̞] Forms: 牝狐 [canonical] (ruby: 牝(め), 狐(ぎつね)), megitsune [romanization]
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). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|牝|め|狐|きつね|t1=female|t2=fox}} 牝(め) (me, “female”) + 狐(きつね) (kitsune, “fox”), {{sortkey|ja|牝狐}} めきつね', {{rendaku2|kitsune|gitsune}} The kitsune changes to gitsune as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|めぎつね}} 牝(め)狐(ぎつね) • (megitsune)
  1. vixen (female fox)
    Sense id: en-牝狐-ja-noun-VMIMW~~s Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Female animals, Foxes Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 37 Disambiguation of Female animals: 98 2 Disambiguation of Foxes: 82 18
  2. vixen (temperamental woman)
    Sense id: en-牝狐-ja-noun-fqP9pMJU Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50
     
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "ogitsune",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "雄",
          "お"
        ],
        [
          "狐",
          "ぎつね"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "雄狐"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "牝",
        "2": "め",
        "3": "狐",
        "4": "きつね",
        "t1": "female",
        "t2": "fox"
      },
      "expansion": "牝(め) (me, “female”) + 狐(きつね) (kitsune, “fox”)",
      "name": "ja-compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "牝狐"
      },
      "expansion": "めきつね'",
      "name": "sortkey"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kitsune",
        "2": "gitsune"
      },
      "expansion": "The kitsune changes to gitsune as an instance of rendaku (連濁).",
      "name": "rendaku2"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of 牝(め) (me, “female”) + 狐(きつね) (kitsune, “fox”). The kitsune changes to gitsune as an instance of rendaku (連濁).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "牝狐",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "牝",
          "め"
        ],
        [
          "狐",
          "ぎつね"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "megitsune",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "めぎつね"
      },
      "expansion": "牝(め)狐(ぎつね) • (megitsune)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
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        },
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        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "98 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Female animals",
          "orig": "ja:Female animals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Foxes",
          "orig": "ja:Foxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vixen (female fox)"
      ],
      "id": "en-牝狐-ja-noun-VMIMW~~s",
      "links": [
        [
          "vixen",
          "vixen"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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          "_dis": "41 59",
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          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "41 59",
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          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 58",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vixen (temperamental woman)"
      ],
      "id": "en-牝狐-ja-noun-fqP9pMJU",
      "links": [
        [
          "vixen",
          "vixen"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "めぎつね"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[me̞ɡʲit͡sɨne̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "牝狐"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "ogitsune",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "雄",
          "お"
        ],
        [
          "狐",
          "ぎつね"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "雄狐"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Japanese compound terms",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 牝 read as め",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 狐 read as きつね",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with rendaku",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ja:Female animals",
    "ja:Foxes"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "め",
        "3": "狐",
        "4": "きつね",
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        "t2": "fox"
      },
      "expansion": "牝(め) (me, “female”) + 狐(きつね) (kitsune, “fox”)",
      "name": "ja-compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "牝狐"
      },
      "expansion": "めきつね'",
      "name": "sortkey"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kitsune",
        "2": "gitsune"
      },
      "expansion": "The kitsune changes to gitsune as an instance of rendaku (連濁).",
      "name": "rendaku2"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of 牝(め) (me, “female”) + 狐(きつね) (kitsune, “fox”). The kitsune changes to gitsune as an instance of rendaku (連濁).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "牝狐",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "牝",
          "め"
        ],
        [
          "狐",
          "ぎつね"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "megitsune",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "めぎつね"
      },
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "vixen (female fox)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vixen",
          "vixen"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "vixen (temperamental woman)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vixen",
          "vixen"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "めぎつね"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[me̞ɡʲit͡sɨne̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "牝狐"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 牝狐 meaning in Japanese (1.9kB)

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