Japanese

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Alternative spelling
睨めっこ

Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “shift from *にらみっこ < にらむ?”)

From っこ (kko).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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にらめっこ (niramekko

  1. a kind of game in which children make funny faces to try to make others laugh and lose, similar to a staring contest

Verb

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にらめっこする (niramekko surusuru (stem にらめっこ (niramekkosuru shi), past にらめっこした (niramekkosuru shita))

  1. to glare at each other
  2. (figuratively) to stare (at)
    パソコンと(にら)めっこする
    pasokon to niramekko suru
    to stare at the computer

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN