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)
polecat (Mustela putorius); 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)
stoat (Mustela erminea); ermine; short-tailed weasel
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)
stoat (Mustela erminea); ermine; short-tailed weasel