イタチ
Meanings
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.)
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (16 in total)
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
polecat (Mustela putorius); ferret; fitch
going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachigokko; Japanese children's game
stoat (Mustela erminea); ermine; short-tailed weasel
ferret; fitch
ferret; fitch
final emergency measure; final defence when one is cornered (defense)
not to write to or visit someone; (lit.) road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again)
goatsbeard brotula (species of ophidiiform fish, Brotula multibarbata)
Korean yellow weasel (Mustela sibirica coreana)
Japanese weasel (Mustela itatsi)
false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa); bastard indigo; leadwort
ferret badger (esp. the Chinese ferret-badger, Melogale moschata)