たらい回し

たらいまわし

acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)

Also written 盥回し

Meanings

  1. Noun, Suru verb

    acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back)
  2. handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order)
  3. handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)

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