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[n]
[uk,id]
▶ going round in circles ▶ game of cat and mouse ▶ pointless and repetitive back-and-forth |
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| 2. |
[n]
[uk,hist]
《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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| 11. | A 2022-01-22 19:44:58 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| 10. | A* 2022-01-09 15:45:58 Robin Scott <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | daijr https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/いたちごっこ |
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| Comments: | I think we need more than "Japanese children's game". |
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| Diff: | @@ -29,0 +30 @@ +<misc>&hist;</misc> @@ -31,2 +32,2 @@ -<gloss>itachigokko</gloss> -<gloss g_type="expl">Japanese children's game</gloss> +<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> |
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| 9. | A 2021-12-02 12:25:26 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...> | |
| 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% |
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| Diff: | @@ -5,0 +6 @@ +<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf> |
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| 8. | A 2017-12-13 18:21:52 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...> | |
| 7. | A* 2017-11-25 06:28:01 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | daij etc. |
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| Comments: | 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. |
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| Diff: | @@ -21,2 +21 @@ -<gloss>vicious circle</gloss> -<gloss>rat race</gloss> +<misc>&id;</misc> @@ -24,0 +24,8 @@ +<gloss>pointless and repetitive back-and-forth</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<misc>&uk;</misc> +<s_inf>original meaning</s_inf> +<gloss>itachigokko</gloss> +<gloss g_type="expl">Japanese children's game</gloss> |
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