kitsune

kitsune

English

Etymology

From Japanese 狐 (kitsune, “fox”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɪtˈsune/, /kɪtˈsun/, /kɪtˈsuni/
• Hyphenation: kit‧su‧ne

Noun

kitsune (plural kitsune or kitsunes)

1. (mythology) a Japanese fox spirit, normally female, said to have powers such as shape-shifting, and whose power is symbolized by increase in number of tails

Translations

Japanese fox spirit

Ainu: please add this translation if you can Arabic: كيتسونه‎ Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: kicune Esperanto: kicuneo French: kitsune (fr) m

Georgian: კიცუნე (ḳicune) Hungarian: kicune Japanese: 狐 (ja) (きつね, kitsune) Korean: please add this translation if you can Latvian: kicune Persian: کیتسونه‎ Russian: кицунэ (ru) (kicunɛ)

See also

• kitsune on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Vulpes vulpes japonica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• nitsuke

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Japanese

Romanization

kitsune

1. Rōmaji transcription of きつね