牝狐
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 牝 | 狐 |
| め Hyōgai |
きつね > ぎつね Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
[edit]Compound of 牝 (me, “female”) + 狐 (kitsune, “fox”). The kitsune changes to gitsune as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Antonyms
[edit]- 雄狐 (ogitsune)
References
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 牝 read as め
- Japanese terms spelled with 狐 read as きつね
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
- ja:Female animals
- ja:Foxes