New Entries/Amendments for 2004-Dec-9.html


======= Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 10:55:36 +1100 (EST)
(subtype)	amend
(headw1)	喚起
(kana1)	 かんき
(pos)	noun
(english1)	alert, awake, challenge, rouse
(reference)	Genius J-E Dictionary
(comment)	I just couldn't get the hang of WWWJDIC's "evocation" in the context, so here are some alternatives. OK, so these are actually Genius's translations of 喚起する, but I got used to not getting too hung up on Japanese vs. English parts of speech long ago.
(name)	Michael Poole
======= Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 18:16:59 +1100 (EST)
(subtype)	new
(headw1)	やりコン
(pos)	noun
(english1)	A "goukon", or blind date party, that will likely end in sex.
(reference)	This is a colloquial term i have heard in use in Tokyo and Osaka.  
(comment)	This is slang.  
(name)	Trent Stoddard