New Entries/Amendments for 2007-12-09

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: 10 Dec.
Current Entry幾人 [いくにん;いくたり] /(n) number of people/
Headword 1幾人
Headword 2幾人か
Headword 3幾人でも
Reading 1いくにん
Reading 2いくたり
Part-of-speechn
English 1how many people?
ReferenceNew Nelson's Character Dictinoray p. 385
Commentfollows the normal ka - demo pattern. ikunin = how many people. ikunin ka several people, ikunin demo = any number of people.
Namerykk adams
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment I don't see the need for か/でも versions, and certainly not in the 幾人 entry.

Headword 1
Reading 1つむ
Part-of-speechn
Miscarch
English 1large ship
Referencekoj, daij
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Headword 1
Reading 1てい
Part-of-speechn
English 1boat
Referencekoj, daij
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Headword 1秤量
Headword 2称量
Reading 1ひょうりょう
Reading 2しょうりょう
Part-of-speechn
Part-of-speechvs
English 1(1) measuring weight
English 2weighing
English 3(2) (ひょうりょう only) maximum weight (on a scales)
Referencekoj, daij
Commentひょうりょう=秤量 only
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Current Entry銑鉄 [せんてつ] /(n) pig iron/(P)/
Headword 1銑鉄
Reading 1せんてつ
Reading 2ずくてつ
Part-of-speechn
English 1pig iron
Commentkoj, daij
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry銑 [ずく] /(n) pig iron/
Headword 1
Reading 1ずく
Part-of-speechn
English 1(See 銑鉄) (abbr) (col) pig iron
Referencekoj, daijr, daijs
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Headword 1
Reading 1ばい
Reading 2バイ
Part-of-speechn
Miscuk
English 1(1) Japanese babylon (species of shelled mollusk, Babylonia japonica)
English 2Japanese ivory shell
English 3(2) (See 貝独楽) (abbr) spinning top made from a Japanese babylon shell
Referencekoj, daijr, daijs
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Headword 1
Reading 1ばい
Reading 2バイ
Part-of-speechn
Miscuk
English 1(1) Japanese babylon (species of shelled mollusk, Babylonia japonica)
English 2Japanese ivory shell
English 3(2) (See 貝独楽) (abbr) spinning top (traditionally made of Japanese babylon shell)
Referencekoj, daijr, daijs
Commentturns out this refers to ベーゴマ
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry貝独楽 [ばいごま] /(n) shell top/
Headword 1貝独楽
Reading 1ばいごま
Reading 2べいごま
Reading 3べえごま
Reading 4ベーゴマ
Part-of-speechn
English 1(uk) spinning top (traditionally made of Japanese babylon shell)
Referencekoj, daij
Commentベーゴマ=ik
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment I don't think ベーゴマ needs ik, as it's .

Headword 1貽貝
Reading 1いがい
Reading 2イガイ
Part-of-speechn
Miscuk
English 1Korean mussel (Mytilus coruscus)
Referencekoj, daij, google
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Headword 1紫貝
Reading 1むらさきがい
Reading 2ムラサキガイ
Part-of-speechn
Miscuk
English 1Soletellina diphos (species of clam)
Referencekoj, daij, google
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Headword 1ローンダリング
Part-of-speechn
Part-of-speechvs
English 1laundering (e.g. of money)
Referencehttp://www.npa.go.jp/kokusai2/money.htm
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Headword 1神経に障る
Headword 2神経にさわる
Reading 1しんけいにさわる
Part-of-speechexp
Part-of-speechv5r
English 1to hit a nerve
English 2to get on one's nerves
Cross-reference気に障る
Comment24,900 yahoo.co.jp hits

Many of the 神経にさわる hits, and nearly all of the 神経に触る hits, involve literal touching of nerve tissue.
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Headword 1癇に障る
Headword 2癇にさわる
Reading 1かんにさわる
Part-of-speechexp
Part-of-speechv5r
English 1to irritate one
English 2to get on one's nerves
Cross-reference気に障る
Comment82,300 yahoo.co.jp web hits
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Headword 1忍耐心
Reading 1にんたいしん
Part-of-speechn
English 1endurance
English 2perseverance
English 3patience
Comment55,300 yahoo.co.jp hits
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Current Entry芯(P);心(P) [しん] /(n) core/heart/wick/marrow/staple (for stapler)/(pencil) lead/stuffing/pith/(P)/
Headword 1
Headword 2
Reading 1しん
Part-of-speechn
English 1(1) core
English 2heart
English 3wick
English 4marrow
English 5staple (for stapler)
English 6(pencil) lead
English 7stuffing
English 8pith
English 9(2) (suf) (心 only) (See 愛郷心) used after a word (often emotion) to (over literally) mean 'spirit of word'
CommentBetter gloss for (2) welcome. ^ ^;

It might also be better off as a separate entry - but that would introduce another 'same kanji/same reading' pair.

Exactly why 忍耐心 is sometimes used instead of just 忍耐 (and so on) I have no idea.
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment