<entry id="2175914" 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_nokanji/>
</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>
<info>
<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>
</info>
</entry>