てんこ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of てんこ – see the following entries.

【天狐】 [noun] (mythology, Shinto): A heavenly/celestial fox; a nine-tail fox said to be the most powerful form of the kitsune: Once they turn 1,000-years-old, they gain all nine of their tails, turn a golden color, and ascend to the heavens, where they become celestial foxes.

【点呼】 [noun] roll call [verb] to roll call

【典故】 [noun] classical allusion

【典子】 [proper noun] a female given name

(This term, てんこ (tenko), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)