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cut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind; mythical weasel-like creatures riding on whirlwinds and inflicting sharp, painless wounds

going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachigokko; Japanese children's game

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)

polecat (Mustela putorius); ferret; fitch

mongoose

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

Japanese weasel (Mustela itatsi)

Korean yellow weasel (Mustela sibirica coreana)

goatsbeard brotula (species of ophidiiform fish, Brotula multibarbata)

ferret badger (esp. the Chinese ferret-badger, Melogale moschata)

false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa); bastard indigo; leadwort