"いたちごっこ" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [ita̠t͡ɕiɡo̞k̚ko̞] Forms: itachi-gokko [romanization], itatigotuko [romanization], いたちごつこ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Of 鼬(いたち) (itachi, “weasel”) + ごっこ (-gokko, “make-believe, playing”). The game is attested from the early 19th century, with the figurative use from the 1870s. The figurative sense likely derives from the fact that the game involves repeating the same action, with no set end. Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|鼬|いたち|-ごっこ|t1=weasel|t2=make-believe, playing}} 鼬(いたち) (itachi, “weasel”) + ごっこ (-gokko, “make-believe, playing”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|いたち-ごっこ|hhira=いたちごつこ}} いたちごっこ • (itachi-gokko) ^(←いたちごつこ (itatigotuko)?)
  1. (historical) a children’s game Tags: historical Categories (topical): Games Synonyms: 鼠ごっこ, ねずみごっこいたちごっこ
    Sense id: en-いたちごっこ-ja-noun-8DZ7dWcZ Disambiguation of Games: 49 51
  2. (figuratively) doing the same thing again and again with no progress Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Games
    Sense id: en-いたちごっこ-ja-noun-ey7O9ygV Disambiguation of Games: 49 51 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms suffixed with ごっこ, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 27 73 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 27 73 Disambiguation of Japanese terms suffixed with ごっこ: 25 75 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 26 74

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      "ipa": "[ita̠t͡ɕiɡo̞k̚ko̞]"
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