Search Terms: 鼬*
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noun
1.
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi)(usually kana)
2.
mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)
Other readings:
いたち《鼬鼠》
、イタチ
noun
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ferret badger (esp. the Chinese ferret-badger, Melogale moschata)(usually kana)
Other readings:
イタチアナグマ
noun
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goatsbeard brotula (species of ophidiiform fish, Brotula multibarbata)(usually kana)
Other readings:
イタチウオ
noun
1.
going round in circles, game of cat and mouse, pointless and repetitive back-and-forth(usually kana, idiom )
2.
itachigokko, Japanese children's game(usually kana)(original meaning)
Other readings:
イタチごっこ
、イタチゴッコ
expression, noun
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final emergency measure, final defence when one is cornered (defense)(idiom )
expression
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not to write to or visit someone, road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again)
Other readings:
鼬の道【いたちのみち】
expression
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not to write to or visit someone, road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again)
See also:いたちの道
Other readings:
鼬の道切り【いたちのみちきり】