New Entries/Amendments for 2006-Sep-9.html
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(headw1) つい
(pos1) adv
(english1) (1) just (now)
(english2) (2) quite (near)
(english3) (3) unintentionally
(english4) unconsciously
(english5) by mistake
(english6) against one's better judgement/against one's better judgment
(comment) Split up the senses.
(name) Paul Blay
(subtype) amend
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(headw1) 無神論者
(kana1) むしんろんしゃ
(pos1) n
(comment) 無神論者 【むしんろんしゃ】 (n) atheist
Although the "rendering" given in all dictionaries for 無神論者 is "atheist", I think it might be more accurate to add, as I did in my list, "a person with no faith or belief system". Now, see how pedantic I can be!
(name) Dennis
(subtype) amend
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(headw1) 全論点
(kana1) ぜんろんてん
(pos1) n
(comment) 全論点 【ぜんろんてん】 (n) the whole point
As a symbolic-logic guy, I don't think I like this rendering. I changed it in my list to "all the points in question". It's a bit more uniform with 論点 being rendered as "point in question (at issue)". Please feel free to disagree.
(name) Dennis
(subtype) amend
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(headw1) ねぶた
(pos1) adj-na
(english1) Drowsiness
(reference) ねぶたな日々
(comment) Nebuta is a word for drowsiness in the Aomori dialect.
(name) Richard Paredes
(subtype) new
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(headw1) 博士論文
(kana1) はくしろんぶん
(pos1) n
(comment) 博士論文 【はかせろんぶん; はくしろんぶん】 (n) Doctoral dissertation
I know I have been "educated" before on this but I must maintain that I have trouble with はくしろんぶん as a reading. Nobody, I repeat nobody, at Kyoto University, where I talked for hours (can you imagine me talking for hours?) ever mentioned such nonsense nor did they mention はくし in lieu of はかせ. I must stand my ground here in the same way that I refuse, completely refuse, to use 外来語. Instead, I get a really dumb look on my face (can you imagine?) and request they please speak "proper" Japanese.
BTW, I see はかせろんぶん as the initial reading. Perhaps an Oops! or an endorsement of the way Japanese people "actually speak"?
(name) Dennis
(subtype) amend
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(headw1) 反対弁論
(kana1) はんたいべんろん
(pos1) n
(comment) 反対弁論 【はんたいべんろん】 (n) defence speech; defense speech
Oh, please dear God, can we not do better than "defense speech"? I would suggest the equally lame "rebuttal in debate" as an alternative, though I am not proud of this offering.
(name) Dennis
(subtype) amend
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(headw1) 爪鑢
(kana1) つめやすり
(pos1) n
(english1) nail file
(name) Isaac Smith
(subtype) new
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(headw1) 重機
(kana1) じゅうき
(pos1) n
(english1) heavy machinery
(english2) heavy equipment
(crossref) John
(reference) http://www.asahi.com/motion/TKY200609050105.html
- third paragraph
(comment) I'm pretty sure if they had used heavy machine guns to demolish the houses, it
would have made bigger news. Please add the additional meaning(s).
(name) John Chew
(subtype) amend
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(headw1) 甲斐路
(kana1) かいじ
(pos1) n
(english1) A bright red table grape, a cross between a Flame Tokay and a Neo Muscat
(reference) http://www.asahi.com/shopping/food/kishi/TKY200609040135.html
for use and
http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/x6897e/x6897e07.htm
for reading and definition
(name) John Chew
(subtype) new
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(headw1) 記号論理学
(kana1) きごうろんりがく
(pos1) n
(comment) 記号論理学 【きごうろんりがく】 (n) symbolic logic; mathematical logic
記号論理学 should read "symbolic logic" Only.
数理論理学 should be read "mathematical logic" Only.
(name) Dennis
(subtype) amend
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(headw1) 乃
(kana1) の
(pos1) n
(comment) It has been suggested that the sense 5 'の' should be (fem) and this sounds plausible to me.
(subtype) amend
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(headw1) 断尾
(kana1) だんび
(pos1) n
(pos2) vs
(english1) cropping a tail
(reference) http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=%C3%C7%C8%F8&kind=jn
(name) Paul Blay
(subtype) new