itachi イタチ

Translation

itachi means "Weasel" or "Japanese Weasel" in English.

Weasels of Japan

In Japan, Weasels are Japanese, so itachi イタチ usually refers to the Japanese Weasel, the nihon-itachi ニホンイタチ.

itachi is normally written with katakana, as イタチ.
itachi written with hiragana is いたち.

itachi written with kanji is 鼬.
This word contains non-jouyou kanji 常用漢字.

itachi may also be written as 鼬鼠.

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