いたちごっこ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of いたちごっこ – see the following entry.

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

(This term, いたちごっこ (itachigokko), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)