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きつね, 狐, けつね, きつ, キツネ
Usually in kana
1. fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes)
2. fox (i.e. a sly person)
See 狐うどん・きつねうどん
3. soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu
See きつね色, Abbreviation
4. light brown, golden brown
猟犬たちはキツネの匂いの跡をたどった。
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キツネベラ
Hawaiian hogfish (Bodianus albotaeniatus), tarry hogfish (Bodianus bilunulatus), saddleback hogfish (Bodianus bilunulatus)
キツネナス, 狐茄子, きつねなす
See ツノナス, Usually in kana
nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum), apple of Sodom, titty fruit, cow's udder
狐拳, きつねけん
kitsune-ken, shōya-ken, game similar to rock, paper, scissors, with the hand gestures fox, hunter and village headman
狐焼, きつねやき
Rare
cooking (something) to a golden brown, something cooked until it's golden brown
狐の窓, きつねのまど
way of entangling one's hands together to leave a small opening between the middle and ring fingers, fox's window
狐火, きつねび
pale fiery light seen in fields and mountains at night, will-o'-the-wisp, ignis fatuus, elf-fire, fen-fire
キツネホシザメ
smalleye smooth-hound (Mustelus higmani, species of houndshark from the western Atlantic)
狐が落ちる, きつねがおちる
Expression, Ichidan verb
to cease being possessed (by the spirit of a fox), to be released from the grasp of a fox, to be exorcised from a fox
キツネザル下目, キツネザルかもく
Lemuriformes, infraorder containing the lemurs (and sometimes the lorises and galagos)
狐につままれる, きつねにつままれる
Expression, Ichidan verb, Idiomatic expression
to be confused, to be baffled, to be bewitched by a fox
狐に小豆飯, きつねにあずきめし
Expression, See 猫に鰹節, Idiomatic expression, Rare
trusting a cat with milk, setting a wolf to mind the sheep, (giving) rice boiled with adzuki beans to a fox
狐の嫁入り, きつねの嫁入り, きつねのよめいり
Expression
1. rain shower while the sun shines, sun shower
2. procession of will-o'-the-wisps seen at night, jack-o'-lantern parade
「キツネの嫁入りですね」「は・・・？」「今日は８１パーセントの確率で晴れますけど、ところによっては天気雨です」