二の舞

Japanese
Kanji in this term
二 舞
に
Grade: 1		 まい
Grade: S
goon kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

二(に)の舞(まい) • (ni no mai) 

  1. (figuratively) the same mistake, the same (bad) destiny
    二(に)の舞(まい)を演(えん)ずる
    ni no mai o enzuru
    to make the same mistake
    愛(あい)を手(て)放(ばな)すと俺(おれ)の二(に)の舞(まい)になるぞ。
    Ai o tebanasu to ore no ni no mai ni naru zo.
    If you let go of love, you are gonna end up like me.
  2. (originally) ninomai (a kind of dance in gagaku that dancers perform after 安摩 (ama), which they try to imitate.)

References
  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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