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鼬 kanji
weasel, skunk, ermine
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Kun readings
いたち
Words with 鼬
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —鼬weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any mammal of family Mustelidae)
- —鎌鼬cut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind; mythical weasel-like creatures riding on whirlwinds and inflicting sharp, painless wounds
- —鼬鮫tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)
- —鼬魚goatsbeard brotula (species of ophidiiform fish, Brotula multibarbata)
- —鼬萩false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa); bastard indigo; leadwort
- —猫鼬mongoose
- —毛長鼬polecat (Mustela putorius); ferret; fitch
- —朝鮮鼬Korean yellow weasel (Mustela sibirica coreana)
- —日本鼬Japanese weasel (Mustela itatsi)
- —鼬穴熊ferret badger (esp. the Chinese ferret-badger, Melogale moschata)
- —鎧鼬魚snubnose brotula; armoured cusk (Hoplobrotula armata)
- —黒足鼬black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes); American polecat; prairie dog hunter
- —鼬ごっこgoing round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachi-gokko; Edo-period children's game in which two players alternately pinch the back of the other's hands and stack them on top of each other while saying "itachi-gokko, nezumi-gokko"
- —白鼬ferret
- —山鼬stoat (Mustela erminea); ermine; short-tailed weasel
- —鼬の道not writing or visiting someone; road of the weasel
- —鼬の道切り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)
- —鼬の最後っ屁final emergency measure; final defence when one is cornered