New Entries/Amendments for 2007-09-30

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: 3 Oct.
Headword 1多景島
Reading 1たけしま
Part-of-speechp
English 1Takeshima (Island)
Referencehttp://www.biwa.ne.jp/~uminoko/biwako/take.html
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Current EntryRS232ケーブル /(n) rs232 cable/
Headword 1RS232ケーブル
Reading 1アールエスにさんにケーブル
Part-of-speechn
English 1rs232 cable
CommentGot the reading via Kudoz.
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry失う [うしなう] /(v5u,vt) to lose/to part with/(P)/
Headword 1失う
Headword 2喪う
Reading 1うしなう
Part-of-speechv5u,vt
English 1to lose
English 2to part with
Referencehttp://nathan-vasilisim.hp.infoseek.co.jp/yomikata.txt
Comment喪う as presumably iK or such.

45,900 yahoo.co.jp hits
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry殻 [がら] /(suf) (1) left-overs/remnants/(pref) (2) chicken bones or carcase (e.g., for soup)/(n) (3) poor-quality coke (coal)/
Headword 1
Reading 1がら
Part-of-speechsuf
English 1(1) left-overs
English 2remnants
English 3(pref) (2) chicken bones or carcass (e.g., for soup)
English 4(n) (3) poor-quality coke (coal)
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment Amendment?

Headword 1発毛
Reading 1はつもう
Part-of-speechn
English 1receding hair
English 2thinning hair
ReferenceGoogle has 1,820,000 hits. Google Images has pictures of men going bald: http://images.google.co.jp/images?hl=ja&q=%E7%99%BA%E6%AF%9B&lr=&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
Also if you type "はつもう" in the search box, Google correctly asks if you meant "発毛".
CommentIf this isn't really a word, then 発 should be amended with prefix.
NameZ.
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment It's a word alright. It means "new hair growth", hence the Google images....

Headword 1長球
Reading 1ちょうきゅう
Part-of-speechn
English 1prolate spheroid
Referencekoj
NameRene Malenfant
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Headword 1扁球
Reading 1へんきゅう
Part-of-speechn
English 1oblate spheroid
Referencekoj
NameRene Malenfant
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Headword 1早う
Reading 1はよう
Part-of-speechadv
Part-of-speechn
English 1early
Cross-reference早く
Referencedaijr, daijs
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typenew
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Headword 1早よ
Headword 2
Reading 1はよ
Part-of-speechadv
Part-of-speechn
Miscabbr
English 1early
Cross-reference早う
Referencekoj, daijr, daijs
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typenew
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Headword 1疣々
Headword 2疣疣
Reading 1いぼいぼ
Part-of-speechn
Miscuk
English 1warts
English 2wart-like bumps
Referencekoj, daij
NameRene Malenfant
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Headword 1さぶいぼ
Part-of-speechn
English 1(osb:) goosebumps
English 2goose pimples
Referencehttp://www.tourism.city.osaka.jp/ja/osaka_ben/0017.html
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typenew
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Headword 1やいやい
Part-of-speechadv
English 1(1) pressingly
English 2demandingly
English 3(int) (2) hey! hey!
English 4oi!
Referencekoj, daij
NameRene Malenfant
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Headword 1儲かりまっか
Reading 1もうかりまっか
Part-of-speechexp
Miscuk
English 1(osb:) Are you making money? (stereotypical Osakan greeting)
Referencehttp://www.tourism.city.osaka.jp/ja/osaka_ben/0019.html
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typenew
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Headword 1まへん
Part-of-speechexp
Miscpol
English 1(ksb:) suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense
Cross-referenceません
Referencedaij
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typenew
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Headword 1へん
Part-of-speechexp
English 1(ksb:) suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense
Cross-referenceない
Referencedaij
NameRene Malenfant
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Headword 1秘所
Reading 1ひしょ
Part-of-speechn
English 1secret or hidden place
English 2euphemism for woman's genitalia
NameBD Page
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Headword 1構へん
Reading 1かまへん
Part-of-speechexp
Miscuk
English 1(osb:) no problem
English 2it doesn't matter
Cross-reference構わない
Referencehttp://www.tourism.city.osaka.jp/ja/osaka_ben/0021.html
NameRene Malenfant
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Current Entryあかん /(int,n) (osb:) useless/no good/hopeless/
Headword 1明かん
Reading 1あかん
Part-of-speechexp
English 1(uk) (ksb:) useless
English 2no good
English 3hopeless
Referencekoj, daijr, daijs
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry今日は [こんにちは] /(int) (uk) hello/good day (daytime greeting)/(P)/
Headword 1今日は
Reading 1こんにちは
Reading 2こんちは
Part-of-speechint
English 1(uk) hello
English 2good day (daytime greeting)
Referencekoj, daijr, daijs
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry今日 [きょう(P);こんにち(P)] /(n-t) today/this day/(P)/
Headword 1今日
Reading 1きょう
Reading 2こんにち
Reading 3こんち
Reading 4こんじつ
Part-of-speechn-t
English 1today
English 2this day
Referencekoj, daijr, daijs
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Headword 1耐え抜く
Reading 1たえぬく
Part-of-speechv5k
English 1to stick it out (until the end)
Reference65k hits
NameRene Malenfant
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Current Entry前 [せん] /(n) before/
Headword 1
Reading 1せん
Part-of-speechn
English 1before
CommentI don't have this as 'せん' in 広辞苑 or 大辞林. Is it an (arch) an (obsc) or just wrong?
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment I vote for just wrong.

Headword 1マイクロファイバー
Part-of-speechn
English 1microfibre
English 2microfiber
Comment879,000 yahoo.co.jp hits
NamePaul Blay
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Headword 1編み上げる
Headword 2編みあげる
Reading 1あみあげる
Part-of-speechv1
English 1(1) to knit
English 2(2) to compile
English 3to edit
Cross-reference編む
Referencehttp://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=%CA%D4%A4%DF%BE%E5%A4%B2%A4%EB&kind=jn
CommentThe あげる gives a sense of 'completeness' but I think "to (completely) knit" looks a bit odd.
NamePaul Blay
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Headword 1ブームスラング
Part-of-speechn
English 1boomslang (species of venomous snake, Dispholidus typus)
Referencewiki
NameRene Malenfant
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Headword 1アノール
Part-of-speechn
English 1anole
English 2American chameleon
Referencedaijs
NameRene Malenfant
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Headword 1グリーンアノール
Part-of-speechn
English 1green anole (Anolis carolinensis)
Referencewiki
NameRene Malenfant
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Current Entry前 [せん] /(n) before/
Headword 1
Reading 1せん
Part-of-speechn
English 1before
Comment>I don't have this as 'せん' in 広辞苑 or 大辞林. Is it an (arch) an (obsc) or just wrong?

I commented on this one the other day. Just wrong, I think. AFAIK, only used in compounds like 前栽, etc.

Kojien has:
ぜん【前】
(呉音。漢音はセン)
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Headword 1前進的論証
Reading 1ぜんしんてきろんしょう
Part-of-speechn
Miscobsc
English 1progressive probation
Referencekoj, daijs, daijr, eijiro
Commentonly 1 google hit for this, but all dictionaries have it...
NameRene Malenfant
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Headword 1後退的論証
Reading 1こうたいてきろんしょう
Part-of-speechn
Miscobsc
English 1regressive probation
Referencekoj, daijs, daijr
NameRene Malenfant
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Headword 1前進的論証
Reading 1ぜんしんてきろんしょう
Part-of-speechn
CommentMaybe someone can explain to me what "progressive probation" means in English. (I somehow doubt it's related to the probation service, although most of the few Google hits seem to be).
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry裏付け(P);裏付 [うらづけ] /(n) backing/support/endorsement/collateral/security/guarantee/proof/substantiation/foundation/lining (something)/something lined/(P)/
Headword 1裏付け
Headword 2裏づけ
Headword 3裏付
Reading 1うらづけ
Part-of-speechn
English 1backing
English 2support
English 3endorsement
English 4collateral
English 5security
English 6guarantee
English 7proof
English 8substantiation
English 9foundation
English 1lining (something)
English 1something lined
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry裏付ける [うらづける] /(v1,vt) to support/to endorse/to substantiate/
Headword 1裏付ける
Headword 2裏づける
Reading 1うらづける
Part-of-speechv1,vt
English 1to support
English 2to endorse
English 3to substantiate
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry裏付ける [うらづける] /(v1,vt) to support/to endorse/to substantiate/
Headword 1裏付ける
Headword 2裏づける
Reading 1うらづける
Part-of-speechv1,vt
English 1to support
English 2to endorse
English 3to substantiate
CommentOh, and this has 1,740,000 web hits for the headword so it's a potential (P) candidate.
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entryずっしり;ずしり /(adv,adv-to,vs) heavily/profoundly/
Headword 1ずっしり
Headword 2ずしり
Headword 3ずしっ
Part-of-speechadv,adv-to,vs
English 1heavily
English 2profoundly
Referencehttp://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/s_kaydic?num_in=104&ctg_in=4
CommentBy the look of it ズシッと has the same meaning, and a fairly similar sound. Could go here or it could have its own entry.
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Headword 1ドラゴンズ
Part-of-speechn
English 1Dragons (baseball team)
CommentThis has almost as many hits as ジャイアンツ, I suggest they either both go in Edict or both move to Enamdict.

5,590,000 yahoo.co.jp hits
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typenew
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