cut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind; mythical weasel-like creatures riding on whirlwinds and inflicting sharp, painless wounds
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any mammal of family Mustelidae)
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"
final emergency measure; final defence when one is cornered
not writing or visiting someone; (lit.) road of the weasel
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)
polecat (Mustela putorius); ferret; fitch
tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)
stoat (Mustela erminea); ermine; short-tailed weasel
Japanese weasel (Mustela itatsi)
black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes); American polecat; prairie dog hunter
Korean yellow weasel (Mustela sibirica coreana)
snubnose brotula; armoured cusk (Hoplobrotula armata)
ferret badger (esp. the Chinese ferret-badger, Melogale moschata)
goatsbeard brotula (species of ophidiiform fish, Brotula multibarbata)
false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa); bastard indigo; leadwort