New Entries/Amendments for 2007-01-25

These are the submissions received via the WWW forms for this day. I (Jim Breen) will annotate the submission if I think it needs to be amended or rejected or if I have a question about it. Otherwise it can be assumed that it has been accepted. You can see how it will look in EDICT by looking at the "diffs" file for this day or the next in the diffs directory.
Annotations completed: 25 Jan.
Headword 1アジソン症候群
Reading 1あじそんしょうこうぐん
Part-of-speechn
English 1Addison's Syndrome
Referencewww.thefreedictionary.com/Addison's+syndrome
NameRichard Andrew Paredes
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment -> syndrome

Current Entry大きい(P);巨い [おおきい(P);おっきい(ik)] /(adj) big/large/great/(P)/
Headword 1大きい
Reading 1おおきい
Part-of-speechadj
English 1big
English 2large
English 3great
CommentI agree with rene; 巨い should be removed as a headword for おおきい.

巨いなる=おおいなる is already in EDICT.
巨いなる企て(おおいなるくわだて) 堺屋太一 毎日新聞社 単行本
http://books.eek.jp/t372.shtml
NameKanji Haitani
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment OK. You win 8-)}
I'm adding 大いなる to the 巨いなる/巨なる entry while I'n at it.

Current Entry獲得代議員数 [かくとくだいぎいんかず] /(n) delegate count/
Headword 1獲得代議員数
Reading 1かくとくだいぎいんすう
Part-of-speechn
English 1delegate count
Reference毎日小学生新聞 2006年10月6日
有権者(ゆうけんしゃ)が少(すく)ないわりに議員数(ぎいんすう)が多(おお)い島根県(しまねけん)と、
Comment議員数 is read ぎいんすう、not ぎいんかず.
NameKanji Haitani
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Headword 1大人数
Reading 1おおにんずう
Reading 2おおにんず
Part-of-speechn
English 1large number of people
Reference大辞林 大人数
1.6 million hits
CommentSurprising this is not in EDICT yet.
NameKanji Haitani
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Current Entry少人数 [しょうにんずう] /(n,adj-no) small group (of people)/
Headword 1少人数
Reading 1しょうにんずう
Reading 2しょうにんず
Part-of-speechn,adj-no
English 1small number of people
Reference大辞林 少人数
CommentReading 2 added.
Gloss modified to make it correspond to the glosses for 多人数、小人数、and 大人数.
NameKanji Haitani
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry見ぬ振り [みぬふり] /(n) pretending not to see/
Headword 1見て見ぬふり
Headword 2見て見ぬ振り
Reading 1みてみぬふり
Part-of-speechn,vs
English 1pretending not to see something
Referencehttp://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=見て見ぬ&kind=jn
CommentAs given in the dictionary, and supported by Google/Yahoo, the phrase is 見て見ぬふり lit. "to see and pretend not to see something".

見て見ぬふり 385,000 yahoo.co.jp hits (453,000 Google)
見ぬふり 405,000 Yahoo.co.jp hits (480,000 Google)
Note that the second search _includes_ hits on the first phrase. Accounting for that the numbers become ...

見て見ぬふり 385000 (453000)
見ぬふり 20,000 (27,000)
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry彼の言う所 [かれのいうところ] /(n) what he says/
Headword 1彼の言うところ
Headword 2彼の言う所
Reading 1かれのいうところ
Part-of-speechn
English 1what he says
CommentNot necessarily saying this is worth keeping but note that
彼の言うところ has around 7 times the hits of 彼のいうところ.

彼の言うところ 2,210 Yahoo, (946 Google)
彼のいうところ 264 Yahoo, (155 Google*)

* Initially claimed 5,170 'estimated' hits but 155 is all that actually existed.

On the other hand if somebody can come up with a good gloss for 言うところ that certainly has the numbers.

言うところ 2,780,000
言う所 760,000
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment I had already zapped 彼の言う所.
For 言うところ, GG5 has a sub-entry under 言う, which just has an example:
あの岩が青木氏の言うところの「らくだ岩」だ.
How about "known as", "is called"?

Headword 1チキンスープ
Part-of-speechn
English 1chicken soup
Comment212,000 yahoo.co.jp hits, for what that's worth.
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Headword 1点数係
Reading 1てんすうがかり
Part-of-speechn
English 1Scorer
ReferenceKenkyusha's Lightouse English-Japanese Dictionary
NameRichard Andrew Paredes
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Headword 1点数係
Reading 1てんすうがかり
Part-of-speechn
English 1scorer
ReferenceKenkyusha's Lightouse English-Japanese Dictionary
NameRichard Andrew Paredes
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Headword 1台本作家
Reading 1だいほんさっか
Part-of-speechn
English 1scriptwriter
ReferenceKenkyusha's Lighthouse English0Japanese Dictionary,p.1265
NameRichard Andrew Paredes
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Headword 1大樺斑
Reading 1おおかばまだら
Part-of-speechn
English 1Monarch Butterfly
Referencewww.botanic.jp/contents/_anima.htm
NameRichard Andrew Paredes
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment -> butterfly

Headword 1羽長蝗
Reading 1はねながいなご
Part-of-speechn
English 1Rice grasshopper,a kind of grasshopper
Referencehttp://www.botanic.jp/contents/_anima.htm#di
NameRichard Andrew Paredes
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment -> rice. (Does it need to say that a grasshopper is a kind of grasshopper?)

Headword 1朝鮮蟷螂
Reading 1ちょうせんかまきり
Part-of-speechn
English 1Narrow-winged mantis
Referencehttp://www.botanic.jp/contents/_anima.htm#di
NameRichard Andrew Paredes
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment -> narrow

Headword 1抽象代数学
Reading 1ちゅうしょうだいすうがく
Part-of-speechn
English 1(math) abstract algebra
English 2(math) modern algebra
Referencehttp://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/抽象代数学
CommentSource includes verification of kana reading.
NameMichael Bowen
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Current Entry成金(P);成り金 [なりきん] /(n) an upstart/the new rich (nouveau riche)/(P)/
Headword 1成金
Headword 2成り金
Reading 1なりきん
Part-of-speechn
English 1an upstart
English 2the new rich (nouveau riche)
English 3a move in shogi when a peice becomes a golden general by entering the opponent's territory
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment -> piece

Headword 1族議員
Reading 1ぞくぎいん
Part-of-speechn
English 1influential members of parliament acting for the benefit of the private industries to which they are connected
Referencehttp://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=%C2%B2%B5%C4%B0%F7&kind=jn&mode=0&base=1&row=0
Namerene
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Headword 1新進党
Reading 1しんしんとう
Part-of-speechu
English 1New Frontier Party (NFP) (defunct Japanese political party)
Referencehttp://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0%E9%80%B2%E5%85%9A
Namerene
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment I think I'll keep party names here instead of in ENAMDICT.

Current Entry溝板 [どぶいた] /(n) boards covering a ditch/
Headword 1溝板
Headword 2どぶ板
Reading 1どぶいた
Part-of-speechn
English 1boards covering a (sewage) ditch
Referencehttp://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=どぶいた&kind=jn&mode=0&base=1&row=0
Commentadding どぶ板 (40,000 hits vs. 830 hits)

daijirin seems to say that it refers specifically to 下水溝...
Namerene
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment But 下水溝 isn't just a sewage ditch. GG5 has "board cover for a street drain".

Headword 1産学官
Reading 1さんがくかん
Part-of-speechn
English 1Industry, Higher Education, and Private Enterprise
Referencehttp://www.kippo.or.jp/sangakukan/how/index.html
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment I'll make it "industry-academic-government (cooperation, etc.)"

Headword 1自自公連立
Reading 1じじこうれんりつ
Part-of-speechn
Miscabbr
English 1three-party coalition: Jimintou, Jiyuutou and Koumeitou
Referencea more common term for the 自自公3党 entry
20k hits for this vs. 220 hits for 自自公3党
Namerene
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Headword 1暁士
Reading 1あきひと
Part-of-speechm
English 1Akihito
ReferenceFound on a business card (with the romaji reading on the back)
NameJames MacWhyte
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Headword 1保守新党
Reading 1ほしゅしんとう
Part-of-speechu
English 1New Conservative Party (defunct Japanese political party)
Referencehttp://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BF%9D%E5%AE%88%E6%96%B0%E5%85%9A
Namerene
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Headword 1小泉チルドレン
Reading 1こいずみチルドレン
Part-of-speechn
Misccol
English 1any of the 83 new LDP members of parliament elected in the Sept. 2005 general election
Cross-reference83会
Reference200k hits
Namerene
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Headword 183会
Reading 1はちさんかい
Part-of-speechn
English 1collectively, the 83 new LDP members of parliament elected in the Sept. 2005 general election
Cross-reference小泉チルドレン
Referencehttp://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/83%E4%BC%9A
Namerene
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Headword 1新党大地
Reading 1しんとうだいち
Part-of-speechn
English 1New Party Daichi
English 2New Party Big Earth (Japanese political party)
Referencehttp://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0%E5%85%9A%E5%A4%A7%E5%9C%B0
Namerene
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Headword 1永田寿康
Reading 1ながたとしやす
Part-of-speechh
English 1Nagata Toshiyasu (1969.9-)
Referencehttp://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B0%B8%E7%94%B0%E5%AF%BF%E5%BA%B7
Commentthere are two entries for 永田寿康, both listing the same birth month, so i believe this one (ながた としやす) is bogus. wikipedia has (ながた ひさやす) for the reading, so that one is probably the correct one

delete?
Namerene
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Headword 1政治資金パーティー
Reading 1せいじしきんパーティー
Part-of-speechn
English 1political fundraising party
Referencehttp://seiji.yahoo.co.jp/guide/yougo/seitou/9.html
Namerene
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Headword 1松下政経塾
Reading 1まつしたせいけいじゅく
Part-of-speechu
English 1The Matsushita Institute of Government and Management
Referencehttp://www.mskj.or.jp/english/index_e.html
Namerene
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Headword 1逆方向
Reading 1ぎゃくほうこう
Part-of-speechn
English 1the opposite direction
English 2the other way
Reference1.1 million hits
Namerene
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Current Entry梯子車 [はしごしゃ] /(n) hook-and-ladder truck/
Headword 1梯子車
Headword 2はしご車
Reading 1はしごしゃ
Part-of-speechn
English 1hook-and-ladder truck
Commentadding はしご車

梯子車 = 28,000 hits
はしご車=222,000 hits
Namerene
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry独り言(P);ひとり言 [ひとりごと] /(n) soliloquy/monologue/speaking to oneself/(P)/
Headword 1独り言
Headword 2一人言
Headword 3ひとり言
Reading 1ひとりごと
Part-of-speechn
English 1soliloquy
English 2monologue
English 3speaking to oneself
Referencehttp://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=一人言&search_history=逆方向&kind=jn&kwassist=0&mode=0
Commentadding 一人言
Namerene
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry胡桃 [くるみ] /(n) walnut/
Headword 1胡桃
Reading 1くるみ
Part-of-speechn
English 1(uk) walnut
Commentadding (uk)
"胡桃"2,720,000
"くるみ"7,010,000
many of those hits appear to be used in proper names, so this word may not be (P), but still, the kana form is more popular
Namerene
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry胡桃割り [くるみわり] /(n) nutcracker/nutcrackers/
Headword 1胡桃割り
Headword 2くるみ割り
Reading 1くるみわり
Part-of-speechn
English 1nutcracker
English 2nutcrackers
Commentadding くるみ割り
"胡桃割り"20,800
"くるみ割り" 642,000
Namerene
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry惨い [むごい] /(adj) cruel/atrocious/merciless/inhuman/brutal/
Headword 1惨い
Headword 2酷い
Reading 1むごい
Part-of-speechadj
English 1cruel
English 2atrocious
English 3merciless
English 4inhuman
English 5brutal
Referencehttp://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=むごい&search_history=むごたらしい&kind=jn&kwassist=0&mode=0
Commentadding 酷い and (uk)
"惨い"=162000
"酷い" "むごい"=40,000
"むごい"=320,000
Namerene
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Headword 1惨たらしい
Headword 2酷たらしい
Reading 1むごたらしい
Part-of-speechadj
Miscuk
English 1incredibly brutal
English 2gory
English 3gruesome
Referencehttp://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=%A4%E0%A4%B4%A4%BF%A4%E9%A4%B7%A4%A4&search_history=%A4%E0%A4%B4%A4%A4&kind=jn&kwassist=0&mode=0
Namerene
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Current Entry巨 [きょ;こ] /(n) big/large/great/
Headword 1
Reading 1きょ
Reading 2
Part-of-speechn
English 1big
English 2large
English 3great
Commentis this a word or a kanwajiten entry that's wandered in here somehow?
it's sometimes used as a one-character abbreviation of the baseball team, and could perhaps pass as a prefix, but I don't think this is a standalone word...
delete?
Namerene
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment I suspect it's a stray.

Current Entry脅 [きょう] /(n) threaten/coerce/
Headword 1
Reading 1きょう
Part-of-speechn
English 1threaten
English 2coerce
Commentsame goes for this one...

delete?
Namerene
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Headword 1非正社員
Reading 1ひせいしゃいん
Part-of-speechn
English 1Non-full-time employee
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment ->non

Current Entry拝む [おがむ] /(v5m,vt) to worship/to beg/to make a supplication/(P)/
Headword 1拝む
Reading 1おがむ
Part-of-speechv5m,vt
English 1(1) to worship
English 2to beg
English 3to make a supplication
English 4(2) (hum) to see (something or someone of high status, in modern Japanese often sarcastic)
Referencehttp://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=拝む&kind=jn
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment often -> sometimes

Current Entry段々(P);段段 [だんだん] /(adv,n) gradually/by degrees/(P)/
Headword 1段々
Headword 2段段
Reading 1だんだん
Part-of-speechadv,n,adv-to
English 1gradually
English 2by degrees
Referencehttp://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=だんだん&kind=jn&mode=0&base=1&row=1
Commentだんだんに is also possible (although less used than だんだんと).
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entryとろとろ /(adj-na,adv,n,vs) dozing/drowsily/
Headword 1とろとろ
Part-of-speechadj-na,adv,n,vs
English 1dozing
English 2drowsily
English 3oily
English 4brimming with melted fat
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment Any references to support this??
GG5 etc. say things like "sticky, syrupy" and "simmering(ly)".