[きつね(P);きつ(ok);けつね(ik);キツネ, kitsune (P); kitsu (ok); ketsune (ik); kitsune](n) (1) fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); (2) fox (i.e. a sly person); (3) (See 油揚げ・1) soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; (4) (abbr) (See きつね色) light brown; (P)#8258[Add to Longdo]
[ねんまつねんし, nenmatsunenshi](n) the New Year's holiday; the period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the new year#10573[Add to Longdo]
[わがみをつねってひとのいたさをしれ, wagamiwotsunettehitonoitasawoshire](exp) (id) you can't appreciate others' suffering until you've gone through it yourself; pinch oneself and know others' pain[Add to Longdo]
[きつねがおちる, kitsunegaochiru](exp, v1) to cease being possessed (by the spirit of a fox); to be released from the grasp of the fox spirit; to be exorcised from the fox spirit[Add to Longdo]
[きつねのまど, kitsunenomado](n) way of entangling one's hands together to leave a small opening between the middle and ring fingers; fox's window[Add to Longdo]
[とらのいをかるきつね, toranoiwokarukitsune](exp) (id) person who swaggers about under borrowed authority; small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority; a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger[Add to Longdo]