イタチ – Vocabulary details

イタチ

Noun

Usually written in kana

1. weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi)

2. mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)

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cut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind; mythical weasel-like creatures riding on whirlwinds and inflicting sharp, painless wounds

going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachigokko; Japanese children's game

ferret; fitch

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