| Headword 1 | 行けども行けども |
| Reading 1 | いけどもいけども |
| Part-of-speech | exp |
| English 1 | as (one) walks on, and on |
| Reference | 行けども行けども、やはり同じ場所をグルグル回っている気がしてならない。 |
| Comment | 185,000 yahoo.co.jp hits |
| Name | Paul Blay |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | お前 |
| Reading 1 | おまえ |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| Misc | male |
| Misc | vulg |
| English 1 | you |
| English 2 | one below me (you who are my inferior) |
| English 3 | my dear, darling (Samurai era usage only- archaic) |
| Comment | Usage is unique to male speakers. With friends, it is a common way of refering to another male in the conversation -- another equal. When men use this term with women, it is way of speaking down to them and is consider rude by most. The word itself is a prime example of the perpetuation of sexism in Japan and in the Japanese language. Non-Native speakers should excercise caution when using this word. |
| Name | Albert Brown |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | See Rene's comment below. I see that he has also made an amendment to お前/御前 in tomorrow's updates, so I will wait until then. |
| Current Entry | シートベルト /(n) seat belt/(P)/ |
| Headword 1 | シートベルト |
| Part-of-speech | n,vs |
| English 1 | seat belt |
| Reference | それよりしっかりシートベルトして。 |
| Comment | シートベルトして 34,700 |
| Name | Paul Blay |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 程 [ほど] /(n-adv,n) (1) degree/extent/bounds/limit/(prt) (2) (uk) indicates approx. amount or maximim/upper limit/(P)/ |
| Headword 1 | 程 |
| Reading 1 | ほど |
| Part-of-speech | n-adv,n |
| English 1 | (1) degree |
| English 2 | extent |
| English 3 | bounds |
| English 4 | limit |
| English 5 | (prt) (2) (uk) indicates approx. amount or maximim |
| English 6 | upper limit |
| Comment | English 5: maximim => maximum? |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | Oops. |
| Current Entry | お前(P);御前(P) [おまえ] /(n) (1) (fam) you (sing)/old fellow/(2) my dear/my darling/(3) presence (of a high personage)/(P)/ |
| Headword 1 | お前 |
| Headword 2 | 御前 |
| Reading 1 | おまえ |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | (1) (fam) you (sing) |
| English 2 | old fellow |
| English 3 | (2) my dear |
| English 4 | my darling |
| English 5 | (3) presence (of a high personage) |
| Comment | i've had an amendment to this entry lined up in my little text file of "things i've noticed that should probably be changed" for a while now.
i'll try to get it in the amendment some time today |
| Name | Rene Malenfant |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 乞食 [こじき(P);こつじき] /(n,vs) beggar/begging/(P)/ |
| Headword 1 | 乞食 |
| Reading 1 | こじき |
| Reading 2 | こつじき |
| Part-of-speech | n,vs |
| English 1 | beggar |
| English 2 | begging |
| Comment | this word is not allowed to be used on Japanese T.V. programs |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | Of course not. ("sens" added.) |
| Current Entry | 親分 [おやぶん] /(n) boss/chief/head/(P)/ |
| Headword 1 | 親分 |
| Reading 1 | おやぶん |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | boss |
| English 2 | chief |
| English 3 | head |
| Comment | 親分 might warrant a "sens" tag, as it is hardly a compliment to be called one. From my experience 親分 is usually a boss in the Yakuza. I have never heard it used in a complimentary way, lest it be in humor amongst friends. |
| Name | Dennis |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | "sens" is a good idea. GG5 confirms the nuance. |
| Current Entry | 異な [いな] /(adj-pn) strange/odd/unusual/TempSUB/ |
| Headword 1 | 異な |
| Reading 1 | いな |
| Part-of-speech | adj-pn |
| English 1 | strange |
| English 2 | odd |
| English 3 | unusual |
| English 4 | TempSUB |
| Comment | Doesn't this just duplicate sense 2 of the amended 異/い above?
異な 殊な けな And isn't this duplicating "異;殊 [こと;け] /(n,adj-na,n-pref)"? == I think the problem comes in that we don't have the PoS tags to handle it properly. This entry should be marked ***adj-nari***: Headword 1 異 Headword 2 殊 Reading 1 こと Reading 2 け Part-of-speech n Part-of-speech adj-na Part-of-speech n-pref Misc arch English 1 (1) (こと only) difference (from one another) English 2 different thing English 3 other English 4 (adj-na) (2) unusual English 5 extraordinary 異な,殊な [けな] is a special abbreviated adj-pn usage I would guess that this story is similar for 異な [いな], or they added it so that if you looked up "異な" the archaic version wouldn't be the only one you'd find |
| Name | Rene Malenfant |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | AFAIK adj-nari was the precursor to adj-na. Should 異な/いな be "arch"? |
| Headword 1 | 脇付 |
| Reading 1 | わきづけ |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | any of a number of respectful terms written after the addressee's name in a formal letter |
| Reference | koj, daijr, daijs
http://www.nengasyotyuu.com/mamechishiki/letterbashic/index.html |
| Name | Rene Malenfant |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 崇高 [すうこう] /(adj-na,n) supreme/(P)/ |
| Headword 1 | 崇高 |
| Reading 1 | すうこう |
| Part-of-speech | adj-na,n |
| English 1 | sublime |
| English 2 | noble |
| English 3 | supreme |
| Reference | http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1Q崇高_1_
http://eow.alc.co.jp/崇高/EUC-JP/ http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=經�蕭�&dtype=3&dname=2na&stype=0&pagenum=1&index=02176300 http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/崇高 |
| Comment | Clicking on the examples sentences brings one to a list of sentences that have nothing to do with "supreme".
施設は、その使命がいかに崇高なものでも、家庭のかわりにはなり得なかった。 [T] Institutions, however noble their missions, have failed to replace the family. 彼の行為は崇高な理想が動機になっていた。 [T] His act was animated by noble ideals. 彼の死は崇高な自己犠牲だった。 [T] His death was a sublime self-sacrifice. 彼の崇高な行為は本当に称賛に値する。 [T] His noble deed deserves praise indeed. 彼は崇高な精神の持ち主だ。 [T] He is a man of noble mind. その人たちは崇高な心をもつべきだ。 [T] They should have a noble mind. それは崇高な光景だった。 [T] It was a sublime scenery. それは崇高な光景であった。 [T] It was a sublime scenery. Some more research, and the word is commonly translated as "sublme", and in fact is used extensively in Kant's "Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime" and the Japanese wikipedia site describes sumblimity on the 崇高 page. |
| Name | Jake |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | Since it's a noun, I have made it: "loftiness/sublimity/nobility". |
| Current Entry | ゲッ;げっ;ゲ;げ /(int) exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, blech, gross)/ |
| Headword 1 | ゲッ |
| Headword 2 | げっ |
| Headword 3 | ゲ |
| Headword 4 | げ |
| Part-of-speech | int |
| English 1 | exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, blech, gross) |
| Comment | "Accurate and useful amendment?"
Actually "Crap!" is probably worth having in there. |
| Name | Paul Blay |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | OK. |
| Current Entry | 単二形;単２形 [たんにがた] /(n) AA 1500 size (battery)/ |
| Headword 1 | 単二形 |
| Headword 2 | 単２形 |
| Reading 1 | たんにがた |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | AA 1500 size (battery) |
| Comment | Is this a non-American usage? I think in the US, this would be C size. |
| Name | Aaron Isgar |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | I can't find the original submission for this. Certainly from the pictures via Google, 単二形 look awfully like C batteries to me. I'll change it until such time as someone provides evidence for the AA. |
| Headword 1 | 僅少 |
| Reading 1 | きんしょう |
| Part-of-speech | adv |
| English 1 | few |
| English 2 | small (amount) |
| English 3 | scarce (stocks) |
| Cross-reference | 僅か |
| Reference | http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=%B6%CF%BE%AF&kind=jn&mode=0&kwassist=0 |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment | Hmmmm. 僅少 has been an entry for a *long* time. Adverb? |
| Current Entry | 腱鞘炎 [けんしょうえん] /(n) inflammation of a tendon (sheath)/RSI/ |
| Headword 1 | 腱鞘炎 |
| Reading 1 | けんしょうえん |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | inflammation of a tendon (sheath) |
| English 2 | RSI |
| English 3 | tendinitis |
| English 4 | tendonitis |
| English 5 | tendovaginitis |
| Comment | eng 3 and eng 4 are primarily US use, AFAICT, whereas eng 5 is primarily UK. |
| Name | moof |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 連体詞 [れんたいし] /(n) {ling} pre-noun adjectival/ |
| Headword 1 | 連体詞 |
| Reading 1 | れんたいし |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | {ling} pre-noun adjectival |
| Comment | (See 連体修飾語) ? |
| Name | Paul Blay |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | ダム /(n) (1) dam/(adj-pn) (2) dumb/(P)/ |
| Headword 1 | ダム |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | (1) dam |
| English 2 | (adj-pn) (2) dumb |
| Comment | Any references for (2) in use? Is (2) really (adj-pn) ? |
| Name | Paul Blay |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | Googling for "ダム dumb" gets lots of hits, with quite a few showing it being used as an adjective. |
| Headword 1 | 頭が柔らかい |
| Headword 2 | 頭 |
| Headword 3 | 柔らかい |
| Reading 1 | あたまがやわらかい |
| Part-of-speech | exp |
| English 1 | to be (a) flexible (person) |
| Reference | http://dic.yahoo.co.jp
彼は頭が柔らかい He's a flexible person.／He is flexible in his thinking. |
| Name | Ed Rooth |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment | Made it: "flexible (person)/open-minded", and removed the stray headwords. |
| Headword 1 | 初動捜査 |
| Reading 1 | しょどうそうさ |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | initial investigation (by police) |
| Reference | http://eow.alc.co.jp/初動捜査/UTF-8/
http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=%E5%88%9D%E5%8B%95%E6%8D%9C%E6%9F%BB&dtype=3&dname=2na&stype=0&pagenum=1&index=02086600 大辞泉、大辞林、広辞苑 |
| Comment | opps, no reading |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 頭が柔らかい |
| Reading 1 | あたまがやわらかい |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| Comment | Might as well add an (ant: 頭が固い)
Note the the headwords were messed up on the user submission for this one. |
| Name | Paul Blay |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | OK. |