にのまい

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of にのまい – see the following entry.

【二の舞】 [noun] (figuratively) the same mistake, the same (bad) destiny [noun] (originally) ninomai (a kind of dance in gagaku that dancers perform after 安摩 (ama), which they try to imitate.)

(This term, にのまい (ninomai), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)