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======= Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 06:34:35 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	new
(headw1)	さざれ石
(headw2)	細石
(headw3)	細れ石
(kana1)	さざれいし
(pos1)	n
(english1)	(1) pebbles, gravel
(english2)	(2) a boulder formed from gravel and sediment
(reference)	(1) http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=%A4%B5%A4%B6%A4%EC%A4%A4%A4%B7&search_history=%A4%B5%A4%B6%A4%EC&kind=jn&kwassist=0&mode=0
(2) http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%95%E3%81%96%E3%82%8C%E7%9F%B3
The word appears in Kimi ga Yo.
(name)	Eric Huber
======= Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 10:42:37 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	new
(headw1)	シャギー
(pos1)	n
(misc1)	sl
(english1)	shaggy (hair style)
(comment)	314,000 Googits(tm)
(name)	Todd Faulkner
======= Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 10:47:43 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	new
(headw1)	著莪
(headw2)	シャガ
(kana1)	しゃが
(pos1)	n
(english1)	fringed iris (Iris japonica)
(crossref)	姫著莪
(comment)	Perhaps one of my favorite Japanese flowers for some reason.
(name)	Todd Faulkner
======= Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 10:52:22 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	new
(headw1)	姫著莪
(headw2)	ヒメシャガ
(kana1)	ひめしゃが
(pos1)	n
(english1)	fringed iris (Iris gracilipes)
(crossref)	著莪
(name)	Todd Faulkner
======= Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 12:49:03 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	amend
(headw1)	俗向き
(kana1)	ぞくむき
(pos1)	n
(comment)	俗向き 【ぞくむき】 (n) popular (literature)
Very poor "definition". Should read "appealing to the general public".
Interesting Sidelight: This reminds me of the Latin "vulga" which simply meant the masses or general public but has become pejorative over time to mean now "vulgar". Somehow I strongly feel anything with 俗 is also pejorative.
(name)	Dennis
======= Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 22:22:48 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	new
(headw1)	アイロン掛け
(kana1)	アイロンかけ
(kana2)	アイロンがけ
(pos1)	n
(pos2)	vs
(english1)	(doing the) ironing
(name)	Paul Blay