てんこ

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of てんこ – see the following entries.
天狐
(mythology, Shinto): A heavenly/celestial fox; a nine-tail fox said to be the most powerful form of the kitsune: Once they turn 1,000-years-old, they gain all nine of their tails, turn a golden color, and ascend to the heavens, where they become celestial foxes.
点呼
roll call
to roll call
典故
classical allusion
典子
a female given name
(This term, てんこ (tenko), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)