"野狐" meaning in Japanese

See 野狐 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ja̠ko̞] Forms: 野狐 [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), yako [romanization]
Etymology: Appears to be a Japanese coinage from Middle Chinese-derived components. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=やこ}} Middle Chinese Head templates: {{ja-noun|やこ}} 野(や)狐(こ) • (yako)
  1. a wild fox
    Sense id: en-野狐-ja-noun-EGOCGOQt
  2. a mythological spirit fox, fond of tricks and pranks, and capable of possessing people Categories (topical): Mythological creatures
    Sense id: en-野狐-ja-noun-Il1OfMtQ Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 3 32 31 3 32
  3. (Zen) someone who has not fully attained enlightenment, but puts on airs and becomes self-important as if they have Categories (topical): Mythological creatures
    Sense id: en-野狐-ja-noun-iZqfcpqt Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 3 32 31 3 32 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 21 56 1 21 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 22 53 2 22 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 20 55 2 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 4 20 51 4 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 3 25 73 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 2 19 57 2 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 26 71 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 4 22 48 4 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 野狐禅 (yakozen) (ruby: (), (), (ぜん)) (english: someone who has not fully attained enlightenment, but puts on airs and becomes self-important as if they have), 野狐憑き: possession by a spirit fox (yakotsuki), someone possessed by a spirit fox, a spirit fox who possesses people
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [no̞ɡʲit͡sɨᵝne̞] Forms: 野狐 [canonical] (ruby: (), (ぎつね)), nogitsune [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 野 (no, “field; wilderness”) + 狐 (kitsune, “fox”). The kitsune changes to gitsune as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|野|狐|sort=のぎつね|t1=field; wilderness|t2=fox|tr1=no|tr2=kitsune}} 野 (no, “field; wilderness”) + 狐 (kitsune, “fox”), {{rendaku2|kitsune|gitsune|sort=のぎつね}} The kitsune changes to gitsune as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|のぎつね}} 野(の)狐(ぎつね) • (nogitsune)
  1. a wild fox
    Sense id: en-野狐-ja-noun-EGOCGOQt1
  2. a mythological spirit fox, fond of tricks and pranks, and capable of possessing people Categories (topical): Mythological creatures
    Sense id: en-野狐-ja-noun-Il1OfMtQ1 Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 3 32 31 3 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for 野狐 meaning in Japanese (5.8kB)

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