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======= Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 02:17:57 +1100 (EST)
(subtype)	amend
(headw1)	ソフト
(pos1)	n
(comment)	ソフト[3]  (adj-na,n,adj-no) (1) (abbr) soft; (2) soft hat; (3) software
Sense (1) isn't (abbr), sense (2) and (3) are.
(name)	Paul Blay
======= Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:23:51 +1100 (EST)
(subtype)	amend
(headw1)	覚える
(headw2)	憶える
(kana1)	おぼえる
(pos1)	v1
(english1)	to remember
(english2)	to recollect
(english3)	to memorize
(english4)	to memorise
(english5)	to feel
(reference)	See GG5 s.v. おぼえる, sense 3: "〔自覚する〕 feel; experience."
There are several examples of this sense in the Tanaka Corpus.
(comment)	The emendation proposed is the addition of the sense "to feel".
(name)	Peter Jolly
======= Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:47:00 +1100 (EST)
(subtype)	amend
(headw1)	熱量
(kana1)	ねつりょう
(pos1)	n
(english1)	calorific value
(english2)	quantity of heat
(english3)	calorie
======= Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:39:48 +1100 (EST)
(subtype)	amend
(headw1)	陰湿
(kana1)	いんしつ
(pos1)	n
(pos2)	adj-na
(english1)	(1) vicious, spiteful, malicious
(english2)	(2) devious, sly, underhanded
(english3)	(3) dampness of shady places
(reference)	Kenkyusha's New College Japanese-English Dictionary 5th Edition
======= Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:04:01 +1100 (EST)
(subtype)	new
(headw1)	虎子
(kana1)	こじ
(pos1)	n
(misc1)	arch
(english1)	baby tiger
(reference)	http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=%B8%D7%BB%D2&kind=jn
(name)	Paul Blay
======= Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:40:08 +1100 (EST)
(subtype)	amend
(headw1)	卒業式
(kana1)	 そつぎょうしき
(pos1)	n
(english1)	graduation ceremony
(english2)	graduation exercises 
(reference)	"graduation ceremony" is in common use, but strangely ommitted here.
(name)	Chris Boshuizen