| Current Entry | 潜く [かずく] /(v5k) (uk,arch) (1) to be underwater from the neck down/to collect shells, seaweed, etc. by diving under the water/(2) to force something under the surface of the water/TempSUB/ |
| Headword 1 | 潜く |
| Reading 1 | かずく |
| Reading 2 | かづく |
| Part-of-speech | v5k,vi,vt |
| English 1 | (uk,obs) (1) to dive under water (for shells, seaweed, etc.) |
| English 2 | (2) to make something to dive under water |
| English 3 | TempSUB |
| Reference | 旺文社『古語辞典』
|
| Comment | The reference above does not list 「かつぐ」as an alternative reading.
Jim, what's your policy on listing these archaic/obsolete words ? Won't including 古語 open up a new can of worms? |
| Name | Kanji Haitani |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
I see. It was "カヅク", i.e. かづく.
I don't really mind 古語 (in moderation) provided they are marked as "arch" or something similar. English dictionaries often have old words in them. |
| Current Entry | 被ける [かずける] /(v1) (uk,arch) (1) to place a hat, etc. on someone's head/(2) to award clothing to someone as a reward or a souvenir/(3) to place the blame or burden of responsibility on someone else/(4) to use something as an excuse or a pretext/TempSUB/ |
| Headword 1 | 被ける |
| Reading 1 | かずける |
| Reading 2 | かづける |
| Part-of-speech | v1,vt |
| English 1 | (uk,arch) (1) to place a hat, etc. on someone's head |
| English 2 | (2) to award clothing to someone as a reward or a souvenir |
| English 3 | (3) to place the blame or burden of responsibility on someone else |
| English 4 | (4) to use something as an excuse or a pretext |
| English 5 | TempSUB |
| Comment | Added alternative reading 2, かづける.
Added part-of-speech, vt. Wow, these 古語 are hard! (I am not an expert in archaic Japanese, either.) |
| Name | Kanji Haitani |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 被く [かずく] /(v5k) (uk,arch) (1) to wear on the head/(2) to have cloth, clothing, etc. bestowed upon one by their lord or master/to wear such cloth on the left shoulder/(3) to be injured/TempSUB/ |
| Headword 1 | 被く |
| Reading 1 | かずく |
| Reading 2 | かづく |
| Part-of-speech | v5k,vi,vt |
| English 1 | (uk,arch,obs) (1) to cover the head |
| English 2 | (2) to have cloth, clothing, etc. bestowed upon one by their lord or master |
| English 3 | to wear such cloth on the left shoulder |
| English 4 | (3) to be saddled with an encumbrance |
| English 5 | to assume responsibility for |
| English 6 | (4) to be bamboozled |
| English 7 | to be tricked into a loss |
| English 8 | TempSUB |
| Reference | 旺文社 『古語辞典』 |
| Comment | My reference above does not list かつぐ as an alternative reading.
The same reference lists the meanings (3) and (4) as 近世語. |
| Name | Kanji Haitani |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | I wonder just how 近世語 they are? |
| Current Entry | 法皇 [ほうおう] /(n) ex-emperor who becomes a monk/ |
| Headword 1 | 法皇 |
| Reading 1 | ほうおう |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | ex-emperor who becomes a monk |
| English 2 | (Catholic) Pope |
| English 3 | religious leader |
| Reference | Tosaka Jun. "Nihon ideorogii-ron". In Tosaka Jun Zenshū. Vol. 2. Tōkyō: Keisō Shobō. 1966. P.229.
「日本イデオロギイ論」戸坂潤著『戶坂 潤 全集』東京 : 勁草書房, 昭和41-42 [1966-1967] |
| Comment | From page 229: カトリック主義さえが法皇の宗教的権威と日本の「絶対君主とを調和」さえよと主張し始める。 |
| Name | Christopher Craig |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 法皇 [ほうおう] /(n) ex-emperor who becomes a monk/ |
| Headword 1 | 法皇 |
| Reading 1 | ほうおう |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | ex-emperor who becomes a monk |
| English 2 | (Catholic) Pope |
| English 3 | religious leader |
| Reference | Tosaka Jun. "Nihon ideorogii-ron". In Tosaka Jun Zenshū. Vol. 2. Tōkyō: Keisō Shobō. 1966. P.229.
「日本イデオロギイ論」戸坂潤著『戶坂 潤 全集』東京 : 勁草書房, 昭和41-42 [1966-1967] |
| Comment | From page 229: カトリック主義さえが法皇の宗教的権威と日本の「絶対君主とを調和」さえよと主張し始める。 |
| Name | Christopher Craig |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 生命力 [せいめいりょく] /(n) one's life force/(P)/ |
| Headword 1 | 生命力 |
| Reading 1 | せいめいりょく |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | one's life force |
| Comment | Better rendered as "vitality" |
| Name | Dennis |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 変態性欲 [へんたいせいよく] /(n) abnormal sexuality/ |
| Headword 1 | 変態性欲 |
| Reading 1 | へんたいせいよく |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | abnormal sexuality |
| Comment | Need 変態性 = sexual perversion |
| Name | Dennis |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | Is 変態性 used by iteself like that? My IME doesn't have it, nor do any of my refs. |
| Current Entry | 抗精神病薬 [こうせいしんびょうやく] /(n) antipsychotic/ |
| Headword 1 | 抗精神病薬 |
| Reading 1 | こうせいしんびょうやく |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | antipsychotic |
| Comment | Should read "antipsychotic drug" to be made clearer and hence consistent with another entry: 向精神薬 【こうせいしんやく】 (n) psychotropic drug |
| Name | Dennis |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 合成樹脂 |
| Reading 1 | ごうせいじゅし |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | plastic ("synthetic tree fat") |
| Reference | http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/合成樹脂
|
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 知る人ぞ知る |
| Reading 1 | しるひとぞしる |
| Part-of-speech | exp |
| English 1 | Those in the know, know it very well (though it isn't known to many people). |
| Reference | GG5： 「知る」→ 知る人ぞ知る
Yahoo! Japan 辞書： 「知る人ぞ知る」、『大辞林』『大辞泉』 |
| Name | Kanji Haitani |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | モテモテ /(adj-na) sexy/ |
| Headword 1 | モテモテ |
| Headword 2 | 持て持て |
| Reading 1 | モテモテ |
| Part-of-speech | adj-na |
| English 1 | sexy |
| English 2 | popular |
| English 3 | well-liked |
| Reference | Some big paperback dictionary. |
| Comment | Comes from 持てる, with the basic meaning of "liked by many people and thus treated well". The dictionary didn't have a meaning "sexy", but it may be slang. I suppose it's possible that 持て持て and モテモテ are completely separate, but it seems somewhat unlikely. |
| Name | Adam M. |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | Naming the dictionary would help. |
| Headword 1 | 西端 |
| Reading 1 | せいたん |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | western edge (e.g. of city) |
| English 2 | west side |
| Reference | http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=%C0%BE%C3%BC&kind=jn |
| Name | Paul Blay |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 請う(P);乞う [こう] /(v5u-s,vt) to ask/to request/to invite/(P)/ |
| Headword 1 | 請う |
| Headword 2 | 乞う |
| Reading 1 | こう |
| Part-of-speech | v5u-s,vt |
| English 1 | to ask |
| English 2 | to request |
| English 3 | to invite |
| Comment | There is no entry for v5u-s in the dictionary code table. I presume this is why the past tense is こうた not こった. |
| Name | Paul Blay |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | Yes. Not common enough to justify a special treatment. |