① 体に触れてもいないのに突然皮膚が裂けて鎌で切ったような切り傷ができる現象。古来、いたちのような怪物が引き起こすと考えられていた。鎌風。
going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachigokko; Japanese children's game
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)