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Japanese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 稻荷 – see the following entry.
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| 【稲荷】
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- synonym of 狐 (kitsune, “fox, Vulpes”)
- synonym of 油揚げ (abura-age, “deep-fried tofu”)
- short for 稲荷鮨 (inari-zushi, “simmered deep-fried tofu pockets filled with vinegared rice”)
- (Japanese mythology): god of harvests, fertility, rice, agriculture, foxes, industry, and worldly success
- a surname
- the name of various towns and stations around Japan
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| (This term, 稻荷, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)
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