Word Meaning 九尾の狐

きゅうびのきつね kyuubi no kitsune

九尾の狐 is read as きゅうびのきつね (kyuubi no kitsune) and means nine-tailed fox.

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

きゅうびのきつね

Romaji

kyuubi no kitsune

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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九

きゅう

nine

九十

くじゅう

ninety

九日

ここぬか

9th day of the month

九重

くじゅう

ninefold

九つ

ここのつ

nine

九月

くがつ

September

九州

きゅうしゅう

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

九九

くく

multiplication table

九分

くぶ

nine parts

九死

きゅうし

narrowly averting death

九穀

きゅうこく

the nine grains

Example Sentences

九尾の狐の伝説を知っていますか。

きゅうびのきつねのでんせつをしっていますか。

Do you know the legend of the nine-tailed fox?

Context Links Usage in Anime Open to see character names and anime titles. 1 related entries

Real usage of this vocabulary in character names and anime titles on Anime.Jepang.org.

九尾の狐と飛丸（殺生石） Kyubi no Kitsune to Tobimaru (Sesshoseki)