| Current Entry | 引用符 [いんようふ] /(n) quotation marks/ |
| Headword 1 | 引用符 |
| Reading 1 | いんようふ |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | quotation marks |
| English 2 | quote marks |
| Comment | "quote marks" appears to be less (/6) common and possibly not 'correct' but maybe worth having to pick up more English word searches? |
| Name | Paul Blay |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 気前のよい [きまえのよい] /(n) lavish/profuse/ |
| Headword 1 | 気前のいい |
| Headword 2 | 気前のよい |
| Headword 3 | 気前の良い |
| Reading 1 | きまえのいい |
| Reading 2 | きまえのよい |
| Part-of-speech | adj |
| English 1 | (See 気前がいい) lavish |
| English 2 | profuse |
| Comment | Reading restriction needed. |
| Name | Paul Blay |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 気前がいい |
| Headword 2 | 気前がよい |
| Headword 3 | 気前が良い |
| Reading 1 | きまえがいい |
| Reading 2 | きまえがよい |
| Part-of-speech | exp |
| English 1 | lavish |
| English 2 | profuse |
| Cross-reference | 気前のいい |
| Comment | Reading restriction needed. |
| Name | Paul Blay |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | ついさっき |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | just now |
| English 2 | a little while back |
| English 3 | a short time ago |
| Reference | 彼はついさっき出かけた。
He went out just now. 彼はついさっき帰宅した。 He came home just now. ついさっき夕立に遭った。 I was caught in a shower just now. 私はついさっき彼に会ったばかりです。 I saw him just now. ついさっきポールが電話をしてきました。 Paul telephoned just now. 私がついさっき書いた詩を君に読んであげよう。 I'll read you the poem I wrote just now. [M] 申し訳ないが、ついさっきまで君をうそつきだと思っていた。 I'm sorry that I had been viewing you as a liar until just a few minutes ago. [M] |
| Comment | 886,000 Google hits. |
| Name | Paul Blay |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 絶対論 [ぜったいろん] /(n) absolutism (phil.)/ |
| Headword 1 | 絶対論 |
| Reading 1 | ぜったいろん |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | absolutism (phil.) |
| Comment | Can't find this (絶対論) anywhere else. Why would 絶対主義 not be "generally" (as a general word) accurate? |
| Name | Dennis |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
絶対論 is in the Kenkyusha 中辞典.
Kenkyusha Readers' highlights the differences: 【政】 絶対主義; 専制政治 (despotism); 【哲】 絶対論; 【神学】 絶対説, 《特に》予定説 (predestination); 絶対性, 確実性. So 絶対論 is indeed the philosophical variety. |
| Headword 1 | 巾零 |
| Reading 1 | きんれい |
| Part-of-speech | adj-na |
| English 1 | nilpotent |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 巾単 |
| Reading 1 | きんたん |
| Part-of-speech | adj-na |
| English 1 | unipotent |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment | Checks out, but not common. |
| Headword 1 | 平田精耕 |
| Reading 1 | ひらたせいこ |
| Part-of-speech | h |
| English 1 | Hirata Seiko (1924-2008) |
| Reference | http://mainichi.jp/select/person/news/20080110k0000e040042000c.html |
| Name | Rene Malenfant |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | ひこにゃん |
| Part-of-speech | u |
| English 1 | Hikonyan (feline mascot of Hikone Castle) |
| Comment | 1.6 mil hits, i.e., http://mainichi.jp/select/wadai/news/20080110k0000e040011000c.html
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| Name | Rene Malenfant |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 儒教主義 [じゅきょうしゅぎ] /(n) Confucianism/ |
| Headword 1 | 儒教主義 |
| Reading 1 | じゅきょうしゅぎ |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | Confucianism |
| Comment | Don't think this entry is viable either (also cannot find it anywhere else - not even in Eijiro which has all the weirdo entries - sorry) as 主義 is not needed for 儒教 - simply because the word etymologically means "the teachings of Confucius". KInd of looks like English-Japanese. |
| Name | Dennis |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | It's in GG5. |
| Current Entry | 西洋崇拝主義 [せいようすうはいしゅぎ] /(n) worship or admiration of Western cultures/ |
| Headword 1 | 西洋崇拝主義 |
| Reading 1 | せいようすうはいしゅぎ |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | worship or admiration of Western cultures |
| Comment | Although I really, really like this entry, I can't find it anywhere else, nor can I find any of its components:
西洋崇拝 or 崇拝主義. As Jim well knows, I am quite fond of conjuring up expressions on the spot and as need be, such that I kind of feel this very worthy expression was similarly created. Any documentation on its birth? |
| Name | Dennis |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | Someone sent it in about 18 mo ago. Seems valid - gets enough hits. The components look quite clear to me. 西洋 and 崇拝 are entries. |
| Current Entry | 廓 [くるわ] /(n) area enclosed by earthwork/red-light district/ |
| Headword 1 | 郭 |
| Headword 2 | 廓 |
| Headword 3 | 曲輪 |
| Reading 1 | くるわ |
| Reading 2 | かく |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | (1) enclosure |
| English 2 | (2) red-light district |
| Reference | koj, daijr, daijs
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| Comment | かく=郭,廓 only
daijirin says it also applies to moats & rivers. progressive waei just has it as "enclosure" |
| Name | Rene Malenfant |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | Expanded it a bit as per the Gg5 entry. GG5 has only 廓, which I'll have first. |
| Current Entry | 懐疑派 [かいぎは] /(n) skeptics/sceptics/ |
| Headword 1 | 懐疑派 |
| Reading 1 | かいぎは |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | skeptics |
| English 2 | sceptics |
| Comment | I have a feeling that 懐疑派 is specific to skeptics in philosophy, such that "a skeptic" as an individual would be 懐疑主義者 or 懐疑論者 (someone with a firmly entrenched belief system of skepticism). A clarification of 懐疑派 would be helpful. |
| Name | Dennis |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | It is indeed "the skeptics". |
| Headword 1 | 精米歩合 |
| Reading 1 | せいまいぶあい |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | a ratio indicating the quantity of polished rice gained from |
| English 2 | a given quantity of brown rice (nowadays usually expressed in percent) |
| Reference | http://www.nakao.ecnet.jp/nakaohp_074.htm
http://www.densyu.co.jp/dic-s2.htm and many other sites |
| Comment | a term used in connection with sake production |
| Name | Hendrik |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 客観的 [きゃっかんてき] /(adj-na) objectivity/(P)/ |
| Headword 1 | 客観的 |
| Reading 1 | きゃっかんてき |
| Part-of-speech | adj-na |
| English 1 | objectivity |
| Comment | A typo here on the rendering. "Objectivity" should be "objective" (an adjectival form) Hey, what can I say. It's my attention to obscure detail that gets me paid the Big Bucks on the Edict project. |
| Name | Dennis |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 黒魔術 |
| Reading 1 | くろまじゅつ |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | black magic |
| Reference | wiki
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| Name | Rene Malenfant |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 白魔術 |
| Reading 1 | しろまじゅつ |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | white magic |
| Reference | wiki
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| Name | Rene Malenfant |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | けばい /(adj) (See 毳々しい) gawdy/glitzy/ |
| Headword 1 | けばい |
| Part-of-speech | adj |
| English 1 | (See 毳々しい) gaudy |
| English 2 | glitzy |
| English 3 | loud (e.g. of makeup) |
| Comment | gawdy appears to be a pretty minor variant (even when searching on .uk domain sites only) |
| Name | Paul Blay |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 指揮を執る |
| Headword 2 | 指揮を取る |
| Headword 3 | 指揮をとる |
| Reading 1 | しきをとる |
| Part-of-speech | exp |
| Part-of-speech | v5r |
| English 1 | to take command |
| English 2 | to give direction |
| Comment | 124,000 google hits for 指揮を執る |
| Name | Paul Blay |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |