New Entries/Amendments for 2005-Aug-8.html


======= Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 02:17:45 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	new
(headw1)	普免
(kana1)	ふめん
(pos)	n
(english1)	A standard driver's licence
(reference)	『胸ポケットには真新しい免許証。これで俺も、普免持ちか…』
片岡とも「ナルキッソス」(同人、2005)
(comment)	An abbreviation of 普通免許, which itself is an abbreviation of 普通自動車免許.  The longer forms are fairly transparent, but 普免 is not.
======= Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 02:45:16 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	amend
(headw1)	遠退く
(headw2)	遠のく
(kana1)	とおのく
(pos)	v5k
(english1)	to become distant
(english2)	to recede
(reference)	Google results:
遠のく  79,400 hits
遠退く     961 hits
(comment)	The amendment is the addition of the alternative headword 遠のく, which is two orders of magnitude more common than the only form currently given in WWWJDIC.
======= Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 02:56:44 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	new
(headw1)	原チャ
(kana1)	げんチャ
(pos)	n
(english1)	motor scooter
(english2)	moped
(reference)	『退院後は、原チャで5分の距離を通院もした。』
片岡とも「ナルキッソス」
(comment)	An abbreviation; the online EV part of GG5 has 原チャリ → 原動機付き自転車, but 原チャ is the form I've come across in actual text.
======= Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 10:23:15 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	amend
(headw1)	割り勘(P)
(headw2)	割勘
(kana1)	わりかん
(pos)	noun
(english1)	splitting the cost
(reference)	支払いは割り勘にしよう。
(comment)	The existing definition, "Dutch account", seems a little too coloquial to me. I think it might be helpful to have a slightly less obscure definition as well.