New Entries/Amendments for 2005-Mar-11.html
======= Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 00:35:18 +1100 (EST)
(subtype) amend
(headw1) 吸い上げる
(kana1) すいあげる
(pos) verb
(english1) to listen to/learn from others' experience/opinions
(reference) 広辞苑：吸い上げる ��他人の得た利益を自分の方に取り込む �０貳未隆�望や意見を取り上げる。「会員の意見を―･げる�
(comment) What do you think of my English meaning? I'm not sure it's quite right. I ran into this usage in my translation of a manufacturing document: 過去トラブル、現場の意見を吸い上げる。
(name) Jonathon English
======= Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:36:19 +1100 (EST)
(subtype) new
(headw1) 減るもんじゃない
(kana1) へるもんじゃない
(pos) idiom
(english1) It's no big deal.
(english2) It's nothing to fret about.
(english3) It's not like it's the end of the world.
(reference) 孔雀よ孔雀、いつになったら秘められた扇を見せてくれるのかね？ちょっとでいいから見せておくれよ、孔雀さん。開いたって減るもんじゃないだろ〜。若いうちが華だろ〜？
http://takatan.mods.jp/saiwai/town/18.htm
(comment) Very common in conversational speech.
(name) Glenn Giffen
======= Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:37:01 +1100 (EST)
(subtype) new
(headw1) いやだ
(pos) interjection, exclamation
(english1) What are you saying?
(english2) How could you?
(english3) Get out of town.
(english4) No way.
(english5) I don't want to.
(reference) 当然、あんなこととか、そんなこともしてたんでしょ？
いやだ〜 考えたくもないね。
http://helloproject.cocolog-nifty.com/hello/2005/03/post_2.html