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"With her age and experience, Yae Miko is one of the most learned in the land, even if the spur-of-the-moment stories she enjoys telling make this hard to believe."

Meditations of a Yako is Yae Miko's Utility Passive.

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Etymology[]

  • Yako (lit. "Wild Fox") refers to the lowest ranking fox spirits in the Japanese folklore.
  • The Japanese name "Yako Setsu-Zen" literally means "A Wild Fox Teaches Zen."
    • The wording is probably a reference to the Zen Buddhist idiom yako-zen (Japanese: 野狐禅 lit. "wild fox's Zen"), meaning "pretentious monk" or "know-it-all person," originating from an episode in the Chinese Zen book The Gateless Barrier (early 13th century).
    • It may be also a nod to the legend of the kitsune Hakuzousu. Once upon a time, a kitsune transformed into a Zen monk in order to teach Zen Buddhism to a cruel hunter, only to find their disguise was unsuccessful. People felt great pity for the kitsune's death, and since then many shrines and temples have been dedicated to them.
      • Later, a playwright wrote a kyougen-style play on this legend, whose title Konkai (Japanese: 吼噦 "Howling of Fox") is used in the Chinese and Japanese names of the constellation Fox's Mooncall.

Other Languages[]

LanguageOfficial NameLiteral Meaning
EnglishMeditations of a Yako
Chinese
(Simplified)
野狐说禅
Yěhú Shuō Chán
Yako's Teaching of Zen[※][※]
Chinese
(Traditional)
野狐說禪
Yěhú Shuō Chán
Japanese野狐説禅
Yako Setsu-Zen‍[!][!]
Yako's Teaching of Zen
Korean여우의 담선
Yeo'u-ui Damseon
Meditations of Fox
SpanishMeditación de yakoMeditation of Yako
FrenchMéditation d'une yakoMeditation of a Yako
RussianМедитация яко
Meditatsiya yako
Meditation of a Yako
ThaiMeditations of a Yako
VietnameseHồ Ly Thiền ĐịnhFox Spirit's Meditating[• 1]
GermanYako-MeditationYako Meditation
IndonesianMeditations of a Yako
PortugueseMeditações de uma YakoMeditations of a Yako
TurkishYako MeditasyonuYako Meditation
ItalianMeditazioni da YakoYako's Meditations
  1. Vietnamese: More literally, "a fox spirit meditates." Thiền Định (禪定) specifically refers to Buddhist meditation.

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