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野狐
のぎつねやこ
1. [n]
▶ wild fox
2. (やこ only) [n]
▶ mythical fox capable of possessing people



History:
10. A 2021-10-16 04:48:04  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
not arch as it's in daijs+
  Diff:
@@ -20 +19,0 @@
-<misc>&arch;</misc>
9. A 2021-10-16 03:13:40  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Oh well.
8. A* 2021-10-03 14:07:30  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
koj: ②人や動物にとり憑(つ)くという想像上の小動物。
daijr only has one sense for both nogitsune and yako
nikk has 野にすむ狐。のぎつね。特に、禅で、真に深奥に達しないのに、自分でさとったつもりでいる者をいう。
daijs+ 日本の妖怪。狐の憑き物で、九州地方全域に伝承が残る。
https://bakemono.lib.byu.edu/yokai/yako/
enwiki
  Comments:
I wanted to add something about it being from Kyushu but couldn't figure out how to phrase it.
  Diff:
@@ -21 +21 @@
-<gloss>mythical fox spirit capable of possessing people</gloss>
+<gloss>mythical fox capable of possessing people</gloss>
7. A 2020-07-15 21:12:06  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
6. A* 2020-07-15 15:50:54 
  Diff:
@@ -21 +21 @@
-<gloss>fox spirit from the Kyushu region capable of possession</gloss>
+<gloss>mythical fox spirit capable of possessing people</gloss>
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