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======= Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 01:52:29 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	amend
(headw1)	読み辛い
(kana1)	よみづらい
(pos1)	n
(comment)	読み辛い; 読みづらい 【よみづらい】 (adj) hard to read is not what Japanese actually say. 読みにくい, which is not in Edict, is so very common and deserves a P marker just as much as "読みやすい 【よみやすい】 (n) easy to read" does. 
Please understand the thinking of Japanese English "professionals": They celebrate and endorse the arcane at the expense of what people actually say. I should know because I memorized 15,000 words of their arcane nonsense only to be told that I was "interesting".
(name)	Dennis
======= Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 03:31:47 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	new
(headw1)	このごろ
(pos1)	exp
(english1)	these days
======= Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 03:45:17 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	amend
(headw1)	読みやすい
(kana1)	よみやすい
(pos1)	n
(comment)	読みやすい 【よみやすい】 (n) easy to read
This is hardly a noun! It is rather an adjectival form. And I will go toe-to-toe with the writers of these dysfunctional dictionaries, none of whom would dare speak English with me.
BTW, where is 読みにくい in Edict? And why don't they have P markers as something heard everyday in education circles?
(name)	Dennis
======= Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 03:50:36 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	amend
(headw1)	ふにゃふにゃ
(kana1)	ふにゃふにゃ
(pos1)	n
(comment)	ふにゃふにゃ (adj-na,adv,n,vs) soft; limp normally replaces
もにゃもにゃ to indicate someone who is mumbling or talking with rice in his mouth. Sorry, but reality of usage trumps dusty dictionaries.
(name)	Dennis
======= Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 10:43:11 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	amend
(headw1)	下手
(kana1)	へた
(pos1)	n
(comment)	When I used Translate Words on 「一所懸命練習してきたのに、まだ下手です。」, 「下手」 returned the following text: "下手 【したて] (n) (1) humble position; inferior; (2) underarm grip on opponent's belt (sumo); (P); EP." Perhaps I'm missing something important, but why isn't 「へた」 present?
(name)	Jonathan Davis
======= Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 12:09:47 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	amend
(headw1)	林檎の心
(kana1)	りんごのしん
(pos1)	n
(comment)	林檎の心 【りんごのしん】 (n) core of an apple   Why did 心 get chosen over 芯 as in: 芯が腐っている
Both are fully readable but you know how I dislike inconsistency, lest there be a reason for it. Hence, my question -- and refreshingly Not an Objection.
(name)	Dennis
======= Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 13:30:33 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	amend
(headw1)	本格
(kana1)	ほんかく
(pos1)	n
(comment)	本格 【ほんかく】 (n) propriety; fundamental rules
Got a real problem with this one for two reasons:
1) English rendition
2) P marker worthiness
Sorry, just have heard 本格的 quite a lot, just not 本格. Please feel free to put me in my place.
(name)	Dennis
======= Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 17:11:48 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	amend
(headw1)	誘導
(kana1)	ゆうどう
(pos1)	n
(comment)	誘導 【ゆうどう】 (n,vs) guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
Interesting that this gets a P marker, as it should, but also very commonly used: 指導 or 指導 do not. Gosh, would I love to meet the "powers that be" that write these dictionaries in smoke-filled rooms! They are indeed the ultimate authority.
(name)	Dennis
======= Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 17:55:30 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	new
(headw1)	グリーンツーリズム
(pos1)	n
(english1)	taking a relaxed holiday in a rural area
(english2)	trans. green tourism
(reference)	http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=%A5%B0%A5%EA%A1%BC%A5%F3%A5%C4%A1%BC%A5%EA%A5%BA%A5%E0&search_history=%A5%B0%A5%EA%A1%BC%A5%F3%A1%A6%A5%C4%A1%BC%A5%EA%A5%BA%A5%E0&kind=jn&kwassist=0&mode=0
(name)	Paul Blay
======= Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 23:16:12 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	amend
(headw1)	表現形式
(kana1)	ひょうげんけいしき
(pos1)	n
(english1)	(form of) expression
(reference)	http://www2.alc.co.jp/ejr/index.php?word_in=%95%5C%8C%BB%8C%60%8E%AE&word_in2=%82%A0%82%A2%82%A4%82%A6%82%A8&word_in3=PVawEWi72JXCKoa0Je
(comment)	Current entry says the meaning is "encoding"?  But not listed in compdic as such, and the kanji suggest that isn't right.
======= Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 23:20:56 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	new
(headw1)	仮定条件
(kana1)	かていじょうけん
(pos1)	n
(english1)	hypothetical situation
(reference)	http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=%B2%BE%C4%EA%BE%F2%B7%EF&kind=jn&mode=0&base=1&row=0
======= Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 23:29:16 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	amend
(headw1)	基づく
(headw2)	基付く
(headw3)	基く
(kana1)	もとづく
(pos1)	n
(comment)	Addition of alternative okurigana version. 基く probably should have a (io) tag but it's given in the IME henkan dictionary and has lots of hits.
(name)	Paul Blay