いたち
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Japanese
| Alternative spellings |
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| 鼬 鼬鼠 |
Pronunciation
Noun
いたち or イタチ • (itachi) ←いたち (itati)?
- weasel
- 2020 March 21, Kimiko Ueno, “Greedy Bears”, in BNA ビー・エヌ・エー [BNA], episode 5, spoken by Marie Itami (Michiyo Murase), Toho/Netflix:
- ミ・ン・ク！イタチじゃなくて、ミンクのマリー！
- Mi n ku! Itachi janakute , minku no Marī!
- MI - N - K! I'm not a weasel, I'm Marie the mink!
- ミ・ン・ク！イタチじゃなくて、ミンクのマリー！
Usage notes
- As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).
Derived terms
- 鼬ごっこ (itachi-gokko)