Nounpale fiery light seen in fields and mountains at night; will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fatuus; elf-fire; fen-fire

Nounfoxes and tanuki · sly fellow; deceiver

Nounbody odor (odour); abnormal underarm odor

Nounlemur

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verbdoubt; suspicion; hesitation; indecision

Nounsharphead hogfish (Bodianus oxycephalus)

Noununexpected good fortune

Nouncooking (something) to a golden brown; something cooked until it's golden brown

Nounstray arrow

Nounsmall (latticework) window placed up high

Nounkitsune-ken; shōya-ken; game similar to rock, paper, scissors, with the hand gestures fox, hunter and village headman

Nounfoxhole; fox mound; fox earth

NounHemisteptia lyrata

Nounfoxy odor (of wine)

Nounlattice work

Nounpossession by a fox spirit; person possessed by a fox spirit

Nounnipplefruit (Solanum mammosum); apple of Sodom; titty fruit; cow's udder

Nounway of entangling one's hands together to leave a small opening between the middle and ring fingers; fox's window

Nounchanging weather; fickle weather

Nounkokkuri; divination technique similar to table turning and planchette

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbbeing in doubt and unable to decide; hesitation and indecision

Nounudon with deep-fried tofu

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'light brown; golden brown

Nountricksters; deceivers; fey creatures; monsters; goblins

Noundigitalis; foxglove

Nounnarrow, slanted eyes

NounRanunculus silerifolius (species of buttercup); crowfoot

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nounrain shower while the sun shines; sun shower · procession of will-o'-the-wisps seen at night; jack-o'-lantern parade

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'su' endingto exorcise a fox spirit (from a person)

Nounkokkuri; divination technique similar to table turning and planchette

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verbto cease being possessed (by the spirit of a fox); to be released from the grasp of a fox; to be exorcised from a fox

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)trusting a cat with milk; setting a wolf to mind the sheep; (giving) rice boiled with adzuki beans to a fox

Nounfox hunt; fox hunting

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)like father, like son; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; fox pups have white cheeks

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verbto be deceived by a fox

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Ichidan verbto be confused; to be baffled; to be dumbfounded; to be bewildered; to be bewitched by a fox

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ku' endingpeople have sympathy for kindred in distress; (when) the fox dies, the rabbit cries

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Nountwo sly characters outfoxing each other; a fox and a raccoon dog fooling each other