牝狐

Japanese
Kanji in this term
牝 狐
め
Hyōgaiji		 きつね > ぎつね
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

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).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) めぎ​つね [mègíꜜtsùnè] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [me̞ɡʲit͡sɨᵝne̞]

Noun

牝(め)狐(ぎつね) • (megitsune) 

  1. vixen (female fox)
  2. vixen (temperamental woman)

Antonyms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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