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1575470 jmdict A [id=2175914] 鼬ごっこ[rK] いたちごっこ;イタチごっこ[nokanji];イタチゴッコ[nokanji] [1][n][uk,id] going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth [2][n][uk,hist] [note="original meaning"] itachi-gokko; [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"