Headword 1 | 眼鏡にかなう |
Headword 2 | 眼鏡に適う |
Headword 3 | 眼鏡に叶う |
Reading 1 | めがねにかなう |
Part-of-speech | exp |
Part-of-speech | v5u |
English 1 | to win the favour of (favor) |
English 2 | to be acknowledged (e.g. by a superior) |
English 3 | to measure up to |
Reference | http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=%A4%E1%A4%AC%A4%CD&kind=jn
http://www.geocities.jp/kuro_kurogo/ko-jien07/page13.html http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?stype=1&dtype=3&p=%A5%E1%A5%AC%A5%CD 彼のめがねにかなう女性はいなかった。 No woman could measure up to his standard. |
Comment | 眼鏡にかなう 20,200 Google hits
眼鏡に適う 5,100 Google hits 眼鏡に叶う 2,870 めがねに適う 95 'real' hits 眼鏡に敵う 31 'real' hits |
Name | Paul Blay |
Submission Type | new |
Editorial Comment |
Headword 1 | ダンジョン |
Part-of-speech | n |
English 1 | dungeon |
Name | Matthew Walls |
Submission Type | new |
Editorial Comment |
Headword 1 | 年の行った |
Headword 2 | 歳の行った |
Headword 3 | 年のいった |
Reading 1 | としのいった |
Part-of-speech | adj |
Part-of-speech | exp |
English 1 | older |
English 2 | elderly |
Comment | 年の行った 133,000 Google hits
歳の行った 73,000 年のいった 15,300 |
Name | Paul Blay |
Submission Type | new |
Editorial Comment |
Headword 1 | この期に及んで |
Reading 1 | このごにおよんで |
Part-of-speech | exp |
English 1 | at this late stage |
English 2 | at this last moment |
Reference | http://eow.alc.co.jp/%E3%81%93%E3%81%AE%E6%9C%9F%E3%81%AB%E5%8F%8A%E3%82%93%E3%81%A7/UTF-8/ |
Comment | 259,000 google hits |
Name | Paul Blay |
Submission Type | new |
Editorial Comment |
Current Entry | 完遂 [かんすい] /(n,vs) accomplishment/(P)/ |
Headword 1 | 完遂 |
Reading 1 | かんすい |
Part-of-speech | vs |
English 1 | (1) (See 未遂) to accomplish |
English 2 | to carry out |
English 3 | (2) (n) accomplishment |
Comment | 名詞で使う時は本当にあるでしょうか。 |
Name | Paul Blay |
Submission Type | amend |
Editorial Comment |
Current Entry | 雪祭り [ゆきまつり] /(n) snow festival/ |
Headword 1 | 雪祭り |
Headword 2 | 雪まつり |
Reading 1 | ゆきまつり |
Part-of-speech | n |
English 1 | snow festival |
Name | Paul Blay |
Submission Type | amend |
Editorial Comment |
Current Entry | 爪先 [つまさき] /(n) tiptoe/(P)/ |
Headword 1 | つま先 |
Headword 2 | 爪先 |
Reading 1 | つまさき |
Part-of-speech | n |
English 1 | tiptoe |
Comment | As far as the web hits go the (P) belongs on つま先.
つま先 2,150,000 Google hits 爪先 492,000 |
Name | Paul Blay |
Submission Type | amend |
Editorial Comment |
Headword 1 | 付加疑問文 |
Reading 1 | ふかぎもんぶん |
Part-of-speech | n |
English 1 | {ling} tag-question (e.g. questions like 'He is, isn't he?') |
Comment | How about promoting this from lingdic ? (8,620 Google hits. |
Name | Paul Blay |
Submission Type | new |
Editorial Comment |
Current Entry | 匍球 [ごろ;ほきゅう] /(n) grounder/ |
Headword 1 | 匍球 |
Reading 1 | ごろ |
Reading 2 | ほきゅう |
Part-of-speech | n |
English 1 | grounder |
Comment | Should the following entry be merged into this one?
ゴロ (n) grounder (baseball); (P) |
Name | Paul Blay |
Submission Type | amend |
Editorial Comment |
Headword 1 | ロードサイド |
Part-of-speech | n |
Part-of-speech | adj-no |
English 1 | roadside |
Comment | 166,000 google hits |
Name | Paul Blay |
Submission Type | new |
Editorial Comment |
Headword 1 | スピーチコンテスト |
Headword 2 | スピーチ・コンテスト |
Part-of-speech | n |
English 1 | speech contest |
Comment | 92,500 Google hits |
Name | Paul Blay |
Submission Type | new |
Editorial Comment |
Headword 1 | コンピューターシステム |
Headword 2 | コンピューター・システム |
Part-of-speech | n |
English 1 | computer system |
Comment | 127,000 Google hits |
Name | Paul Blay |
Submission Type | new |
Editorial Comment |