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：2025/12/23
狐火
Hiragana
きつねび
Noun
Japanese Meaning
夜の野山などに現れる、不思議な青白い火。また、それを模した歌舞伎の小道具。多く、妖怪や狐の仕業とされる。 / （転じて）人を惑わせたり、当てにならない希望や目標のたとえ。
Easy Japanese Meaning
よるにのはらややまにあらわれるふしぎなひかり。えんげきでそれをまねしたどうぐのなまえ。
Chinese (Simplified)
冬季至早春夜间在野外与山间出现的神秘淡光，民间所谓“鬼火”。 / 歌舞伎中用来模仿鬼火的舞台道具。
Sense（1）
a mysterious pale fire often seen in the fields and mountains at night from winter to early spring: will o' the wisp, foxfire
Sense（2）
kabuki props designed to imitate will o' the wisps
Sense（3）
Synonym of 野鶏頭 (nogeitō /ノゲイトウ/, “plumed or silver cockscomb (Celosia argentea)”)
Sense（4）
Synonym of 埃茸 (hokoritake /ホコリタケ/, “puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum)”)
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Quizzes for review
a mysterious pale fire often seen in the fields and mountains at night from winter to early spring: will o' the wisp, foxfire / kabuki props designed to imitate will o' the wisps
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狐火
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I have seen a foxfire in the forest at night.
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夜の森で狐火を見たことがあります。
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