きつね
fox
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きつね【狐】
*fox
〖C〗キツネ, (特に)雄ギツネ; 〖U〗キツネの毛皮

The fox is known by his brush. キツネは尾でわかる;人にはめいめい特徴がある

(as) wily as a fox キツネのようにずる賢い

vixen
〖C〗雌ギツネ.
¶ → 狐色の
¶ → 狐火
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きつね【狐】
a fox; 〔雌〕 a vixen; 〔擬人称〕 Reynard.

●きつね皮の製品 a fox piece.

きつねが鳴いた. A fox barked [yelped]

・きつねが落ちる 〈人が主語〉 be dispossessed of a fox.

きつねに化かされる[つままれる] be bewitched by a fox

・きつねにつかれる be possessed by a fox

・彼女はきつねにつままれたような顔をした. She wore a baffled expression on her face. | She looked baffled [mystified].

・きつねにつままれたような気がした. I felt bewildered.

・きつねにでもつままれたのか. Are you in your senses?

・なんだかきつねにでもつままれたような話だ. I feel quite bewildered [nonplussed]. | It is a puzzle for me.

きつねのような foxy; foxlike; vulpine

・きつねの穴 a fox burrow; a fox earth

・きつねの皮 a fox fur; a fox skin

・きつねの襟巻き a fox-fur neckpiece

・きつねの尾 a fox's tail; a foxtail; a fox brush; 【猟】 a bush.

きつねを落とす expel a fox (spirit); dispossess sb of a fox.

●きつねと狸(たぬき)のばかし合いだった. They were trying to outfox each other.

・虎の威を借るきつね. ⇒とら1.

狐飯 boiled rice with narrow strips of fried bean curd seasoned with soy.

Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.

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