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    3. 九尾の狐

    九尾の狐

    九きゅう尾びの​狐きつね

    nine-tailed fox

    NTNounCulture & TraditionsAnime & MangaKanji Vocab19 strokes

    きゅうびのきつね

    Noun

    1.
    nine-tailed fox, old, golden-furred fox with nine tails and shapeshifting powers used to fool humans; orig. a Chinese mystical beast whose appearance was considered auspicious

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    Characters that make up this word

    九
    ここの・ここの.つ…(6)
    nine
    Kanji
    尾
    お…(1)
    tail・end・counter for fish・lower slope of mountain
    Kanji
    狐
    きつね…(1)
    fox
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
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