いなり・稲荷inari[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounInari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama)
2. nounInari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto)
3. nounfox (said to be messengers of Inari)
4. nounfried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes)
5. nouninarizushi

• RelatedきつねNeutralNeutral term for the fox itself; also a sly person, soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu, or light brown. Fox statues at Inari shrines represent the deity's messenger, linking 狐 to 稲荷.

Use 稲荷 for the harvest deity or an Inari shrine such as Fushimi Inari; use 狐 for the fox itself or its extended senses — the fox is traditionally the deity's messenger.

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1. 稲作いなさくなどを司つかさどる神かみ（倉稲魂うかのみたまの命めい、保ほ食神しょくじんなど）を祀まつるもの。
2. 稲荷いなり神かみの使つかいとされるきつねの俗称ぞくしょう。
3. きつねが好物こうぶつとされることから油揚あぶらあげの俗称ぞくしょう。
4. 稲荷寿司いなりずしと形かたちが似にていることから陰嚢いんのうの俗称ぞくしょう。