noun

  1. ... all over again (repeating the same failure).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
二の舞 にのまい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
dance, flit, circle
ま.う ブ まい (7th, N3)
nothingness, none, ain't
ム ブ な.い (4th)
person(人) variant
40, forty
シュウ よんじゅう しじゅう
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ
dancing radical (no. 136)
ブ セン まい (Kentei Pre-1)
evening
ゆう セキ ゆ (1st, N4)
sit or stand astride(跨) variant