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; 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
final emergency measure; final defence when one is cornered
polecat (Mustela putorius); ferret; fitch
not writing or visiting someone; (lit.) road of the weasel
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)
black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes); American polecat; prairie dog hunter
stoat (Mustela erminea); ermine; short-tailed weasel