Itachi Gokko

Today I will talk about the Japanese idiom "itachi gokko".

The literal meaning of "itachi gokko" is "to pretend a weasel", and it means that two people repeat a same thing to each other, and it will not make any progress.

This idiom comes from a children's play that was popular in the late Edo period.

The play called "itachi gokko" is: two children pinch the back of the other's hand alternately, while saying "itachi gokko" (to pretend a weasel) and "nezumi gokko" (to pretend a mouse).

Since this play is just to do the same thing repeatedly, and has no end, it has come to express the above meaning.

いたちごっこ

今日は「いたちごっこ」という日本の慣用句を紹介します。

「いたちごっこ」は、互いに同じことを繰り返し、埒が明かないことを意味します。

この言葉は、江戸時代後期に流行った子どもの遊びに由来します。

「いたちごっこ」と呼ばれる遊びは、二人一組となり、「いたちごっこ」「ねずみごっと」と言いながら相手の手の甲を順につねっていくものです。

この遊びは同じことの繰り返しで終わりがないことから、現在の意味を持つようになりました。

• Today I will talk about the Japanese idiom "itachi gokko".
• Today I will talk about the Japanese idiom "itachi gokko."

• The literal meaning of "itachi gokko" is "to pretend a weasel", and it means that two people repeat a same thing to each other, and it will not make any progress.
• The literal meaning of "itachi gokko" is "to pretend a weasel," and it means that two people repeat the same thing to each other, and they will not make any progress.

• This idiom comes from a children's play that was popular in the late Edo period.
• This idiom comes from a children's game that was popular in the late Edo period.

• The play called "itachi gokko" is: two children pinch the back of the other's hand alternately, while saying "itachi gokko" (to pretend a weasel) and "nezumi gokko" (to pretend a mouse).
• The game, called "itachi gokko," is: two children pinch the back of the other's hand alternately, while saying "itachi gokko" (to pretend a weasel) and "nezumi gokko" (to pretend a mouse).

• Since this play is just to do the same thing repeatedly, and has no end, it has come to express the above meaning.
• Since this game is just to do the same thing repeatedly, and has no end, it has come to express the above meaning.

• Today I will talk about the Japanese idiom "itachi gokko".
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• The literal meaning of "itachi gokko" is "to pretend a weasel", and it means that two people repeat a same thing to each other, and it will not make any progress.
• The literal meaning of "itachi gokko" is "to mimick a weasel", and it means that two people repeat the same thing to each other, and they won't make any progress.

• The play called "itachi gokko" is: two children pinch the back of the other's hand alternately, while saying "itachi gokko" (to pretend a weasel) and "nezumi gokko" (to pretend a mouse).
• The children's game called "itachi gokko" is: two children pinch the back of the other's hand alternately, while saying "itachi gokko" (to mimick a weasel) and "nezumi gokko" (to mimick a mouse).

• Since this play is just to do the same thing repeatedly, and has no end, it has come to express the above meaning.
• Since this game is just about mimicking the same thing repeatedly and has no end, it has come to express the above meaning.