鼬ごっこ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鼬
いたち Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 鼬ごっこ – see the following entry.

【いたちごっこ】 [noun] (historical) a children’s game [19th century] [noun] (figuratively) doing the same thing again and again with no progress

(This term, 鼬ごっこ, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)