New Entries/Amendments for 2006-Mar-11.html

======= Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 02:22:19 +1100 (EST)
(subtype)	new
(headw1)	近しい
(kana1)	ちかしい
(pos1)	adj
(english1)	intimate
(english2)	close
(reference)	http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=+%B6%E1%A4%B7%A4%A4&kind=jn
(name)	Paul Blay
======= Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 07:00:00 +1100 (EST)
(subtype)	new
(headw1)	漂動
(kana1)	ひょうどう
(pos1)	n
(pos2)	vs
(english1)	drift
(reference)	See, e.g., http://www.cqpub.co.jp/term/drift.htm
Example: 周波数漂動 = frequency drift
(comment)	The term seems to refer exclusively to drift in the electronic sense of a gradual deviation of frequency away from a target value.
(name)	Philip Ronan
======= Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 08:40:40 +1100 (EST)
(subtype)	amend
(headw1)	可
(kana1)	カ   
(kana2)	コク
(kana3)	-べ.し 
(kana4)	-べ.き
(pos1)	n
(english1)	can
(english2)	possible
(english3)	mustn't
(english4)	should not
(english5)	do not
(comment)	The english meaning of 可 contained the word 'passable'.  I am sure that this word was meant to be 'possible'.  This is the only correction.
======= Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 09:35:54 +1100 (EST)
(subtype)	new
(headw1)	御手手
(headw2)	お手々
(headw3)	お手手
(kana1)	おてて
(pos1)	n
(english1)	hand(s) (kid talk)
(reference)	http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=%A4%AA%A4%C6%A4%C6&kind=jn
(comment)	俺だったら、お手々をつないでランランラーンだ。
(name)	Paul Blay
======= Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 09:46:13 +1100 (EST)
(subtype)	amend
(headw1)	出欠
(kana1)	しゅっけつ
(pos1)	n
(english1)	presence or absence
(english2)	attendence (as in when taking a roll call)
(comment)	Given the existing example
先生は出欠を取った。
The teacher called the roll. 
and similar usage elsewhere
やる気のない出欠が始まる。
The listless roll call started.
(ick, that's a horrible translation ^ ^; )
I think a little clarification of the "sense" is in order.
(name)	Paul Blay
======= Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 09:52:47 +1100 (EST)
(subtype)	new
(headw1)	ロープレ
(pos1)	n
(english1)	roleplay (e.g. in rpg computer games)
(name)	Paul Blay
======= Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 18:46:37 +1100 (EST)
(subtype)	new
(headw1)	ロールプレイ
(pos1)	n
(english1)	roleplay (e.g. in computer RPG games)
(reference)	http://iwatam-server.dyndns.org/game/whatisrp/whatisrp.html
(comment)	I forgot to say that ロープレ is an abbreviation of ロールプレイ
(name)	Paul Blay
======= Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 19:39:29 +1100 (EST)
(subtype)	amend
(headw1)	欠落
(kana1)	けつらく
(pos1)	n
(pos2)	vs
(english1)	missing
(english2)	lacking
(comment)	As "missing" has quite a few possible connotations I suggest a little extra gloss.
(name)	Paul Blay
======= Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 20:36:26 +1100 (EST)
(subtype)	new
(headw1)	光一
(headw2)	ぴか一
(kana1)	ぴかいち
(pos1)	n
(english1)	(1) a scoring hand with one 20 point flower card (光札) and six 1 point flower cards (かす札)
(english2)	(2) something (or someone) that stands out above the rest
(crossref)	花札
(reference)	http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=+%A4%D4%A4%AB%A4%A4%A4%C1&kind=jn
(comment)	やっぱ、委員長の号令がピカイチだ。
(name)	Paul Blay