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鼬ごっこ(rK) [いたちごっこ;イタチごっこ;イタチゴッコ] /(n) (1) (uk) (id) going round in circles/game of cat and mouse/pointless and repetitive back-and-forth/(n) (2) (original meaning) (uk) (hist) 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"/EntL1575470/