いたちごっこ

鼬ごっこ

going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth

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going round in circlesgame of cat and mousepointless and repetitive back-and-forth
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itachi-gokkoEdo-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"