きつね

fox

kitsune

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Frequency: #15,079

Meanings

1
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes)noun
2
fox (i.e. a sly person)noun
3
soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofunoun

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In a sentence

How it works

は (topic) raises 狐(きつね) (fox) as the topic — “as for the fox…”. The i-adjective ずるい (cunning) ends the sentence on its own, with no copula needed: in plain speech an i-adjective is already a complete predicate, so no だ (is) is added.