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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"



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