いたち

Japanese

Alternative spellings
鼬鼬鼠

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いたち [ìtáchí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [ita̠t͡ɕi]

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!

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(いたち)ごっこ (itachi-gokko)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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