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<entry eid="2318971" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict"> <ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp> <ent_seq>1575470</ent_seq> <k_ele> <keb>鼬ごっこ</keb> <ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf> </k_ele> <r_ele> <reb>いたちごっこ</reb> </r_ele> <r_ele> <reb>イタチごっこ</reb> <re_nokanji/> </r_ele> <r_ele> <reb>イタチゴッコ</reb> <re_inf>&sk;</re_inf> </r_ele> <sense> <pos>&n;</pos> <misc>&uk;</misc> <misc>&id;</misc> <gloss>going round in circles</gloss> <gloss>game of cat and mouse</gloss> <gloss>pointless and repetitive back-and-forth</gloss> </sense> <sense> <pos>&n;</pos> <misc>&uk;</misc> <misc>&hist;</misc> <s_inf>original meaning</s_inf> <gloss>itachi-gokko</gloss> <gloss g_type="expl">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"</gloss> </sense> <history> <audit time="2013-07-30 11:56:31" stat="A" unap="true"> <upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid> <upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_detl>いたちごっこ is the most common form.</upd_detl> <upd_refs>Ngrams, Gg5, etc.</upd_refs> <upd_diff>@@ -10,0 +10,4 @@ +&lt;r_ele&gt; +&lt;reb&gt;イタチゴッコ&lt;/reb&gt; +&lt;re_nokanji/&gt; +&lt;/r_ele&gt; @@ -12,0 +16,1 @@ +&lt;misc&gt;&amp;uk;&lt;/misc&gt;</upd_diff> </audit> <audit time="2013-08-01 21:40:40" stat="A"> <upd_uid>rene</upd_uid> <upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> </audit> <audit time="2013-08-06 23:36:35" stat="A" unap="true"> <upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid> <upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_refs>ngrams. More common than イタチゴッコ.</upd_refs> <upd_diff>@@ -9,0 +9,4 @@ +&lt;/r_ele&gt; +&lt;r_ele&gt; +&lt;reb&gt;イタチごっこ&lt;/reb&gt; +&lt;re_nokanji/&gt;</upd_diff> </audit> <audit time="2013-08-07 07:29:20" stat="A"> <upd_uid>rene</upd_uid> <upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> </audit> <audit time="2017-05-02 00:13:07" stat="A" unap="true"> <upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid> <upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_detl>Trying to make this a little clearer.</upd_detl> <upd_refs>GG5</upd_refs> <upd_diff>@@ -21 +21,4 @@ -&lt;gloss&gt;doing the same thing repeatedly&lt;/gloss&gt; +&lt;gloss&gt;vicious circle&lt;/gloss&gt; +&lt;gloss&gt;rat race&lt;/gloss&gt; +&lt;gloss&gt;going round in circles&lt;/gloss&gt; +&lt;gloss&gt;game of cat and mouse&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff> </audit> <audit time="2017-05-02 00:38:25" stat="A"> <upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid> <upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> </audit> <audit time="2017-11-25 06:28:01" stat="A" unap="true"> <upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid> <upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_detl>I don't think "vicious circle" is a good translation. The meaning is literally "doing the same thing over and over again without getting everywhere" (from the very repetitive children's game) while "vicious circle" strongly suggests things are (slowly) getting worse.</upd_detl> <upd_refs>daij etc.</upd_refs> <upd_diff>@@ -21,2 +21 @@ -&lt;gloss&gt;vicious circle&lt;/gloss&gt; -&lt;gloss&gt;rat race&lt;/gloss&gt; +&lt;misc&gt;&amp;id;&lt;/misc&gt; @@ -24,0 +24,8 @@ +&lt;gloss&gt;pointless and repetitive back-and-forth&lt;/gloss&gt; +&lt;/sense&gt; +&lt;sense&gt; +&lt;pos&gt;&amp;n;&lt;/pos&gt; +&lt;misc&gt;&amp;uk;&lt;/misc&gt; +&lt;s_inf&gt;original meaning&lt;/s_inf&gt; +&lt;gloss&gt;itachigokko&lt;/gloss&gt; +&lt;gloss g_type="expl"&gt;Japanese children's game&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff> </audit> <audit time="2017-12-13 18:21:52" stat="A"> <upd_uid>rene</upd_uid> <upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> </audit> <audit time="2021-12-02 12:25:26" stat="A"> <upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid> <upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_refs>鼬ごっこ 1237 いたちごっこ 63030 イタチごっこ 24703 イタチゴッコ 11171 slightly more than 1%</upd_refs> <upd_diff>@@ -5,0 +6 @@ +&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;rK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;</upd_diff> </audit> <audit time="2022-01-09 15:45:58" stat="A" unap="true"> <upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid> <upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_detl>I think we need more than "Japanese children's game".</upd_detl> <upd_refs>daijr https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%84%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%81%94%E3%81%A3%E3%81%93</upd_refs> <upd_diff>@@ -29,0 +30 @@ +&lt;misc&gt;&amp;hist;&lt;/misc&gt; @@ -31,2 +32,2 @@ -&lt;gloss&gt;itachigokko&lt;/gloss&gt; -&lt;gloss g_type="expl"&gt;Japanese children's game&lt;/gloss&gt; +&lt;gloss&gt;itachi-gokko&lt;/gloss&gt; +&lt;gloss g_type="expl"&gt;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"&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff> </audit> <audit time="2022-01-22 19:44:58" stat="A"> <upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid> <upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> </audit> <audit time="2024-10-24 20:44:46" stat="A"> <upd_uid>stephen</upd_uid> <upd_name>Stephen Kraus</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_refs>Google N-gram Corpus Counts ╭─ーーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮ │ 鼬ごっこ　　 │ 1,237 │ 1.2% │ │ いたちごっこ │ 63,030 │ 62.9% │ │ イタチごっこ │ 24,703 │ 24.7% │ │ イタチゴッコ │ 11,171 │ 11.2% │ - sk ╰─ーーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯</upd_refs> <upd_diff>@@ -17 +17 @@ -&lt;re_nokanji/&gt; +&lt;re_inf&gt;&amp;sk;&lt;/re_inf&gt;</upd_diff> </audit> </history> </entry>