女め狐ぎつね

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Meanings

noun

female fox; vixen

Literal zoological term for a female fox.

森もりで女め狐ぎつねが子こギツネを育そだてていた。
A female fox was raising her kits in the forest.

noun

seductive woman; femme fatale

Figurative use for a woman who uses charm to deceive or manipulate men, often with a cunning or sly connotation.

彼かれはあの女め狐ぎつねにすっかり騙だまされてしまった。
He was completely deceived by that seductive woman.

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Kanji

女woman, female
狐fox
牝female
雌feminine, female

Related words

狐きつね
General term for fox, not specifying gender. 女狐 specifically refers to a female fox or a seductive woman.
男お狐ぎつね
Male fox; the masculine counterpart to 女狐, though less commonly used figuratively.

Written forms

女め狐ぎつねUsage69%
Standard kanji spelling for both literal and figurative senses.
牝め狐ぎつねUsage19%
Rare kanji variant for female fox; 牝 is an uncommon character.
女めぎつねUsage11%
search-only kanji form
雌め狐ぎつね
Explicitly marks the fox as female; less common for the figurative sense.

Etymology

Compound of 女 (め, 'female') + 狐 (きつね, 'fox'). The figurative sense draws on the traditional association of foxes with cunning and seduction in Japanese folklore.