New Entries/Amendments for 2008-04-20

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: 21 Apr.
Headword 1
Reading 1どき
Part-of-speechn-suf
English 1time for -
English 2time of -
English 3- time
English 4(suitable) time to -
Cross-reference食事時
Referencehttp://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?id=1398790-0000&kind=jn&mode=5
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Headword 1脱ぎ脱ぎ
Reading 1ぬぎぬぎ
Part-of-speechvs
Part-of-speechn
Miscchn
English 1undressing
Comment81,500 Google hits.

Actually a whole bunch of verbs can be treated in this way.
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Current Entry今 [いま] /(n-adv,n) now/the present time/just now/soon/immediately/(one) more/(P)/ (1288850)
Headword 1
Headword 2現在
Reading 1いま
Part-of-speechn-adv,n
English 1now
English 2the present time
English 3just now
English 4soon
English 5immediately
English 6(one) more
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment Read いま?

Headword 1現実逃避
Reading 1げんじつとうひ
Part-of-speechn
English 1escape from reality
English 2escapism
ReferenceIf you insist: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8F%BE%E5%AE%9F%E9%80%83%E9%81%BF
CommentQuite surprising not to find it already in edict. It was in revhenkan though.
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Current Entry二枚 [にまい] /(n) two sheets (pieces) (of paper)/(P)/ (1954200)
Headword 1二枚
Headword 22枚
Reading 1にまい
Part-of-speechn
English 1two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry三枚 [さんまい] /(n) comedy/(P)/ (1301680)
Headword 1三枚
Headword 23枚
Reading 1さんまい
Part-of-speechn
English 1three tickets
Referencehttp://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=三枚&kind=jn
CommentPut 'comedy' back as (2) if it has a reference.
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment I made it: three flat objects (e.g. tickets, pieces of cloth, etc.)/filleting (a fish).

Current Entry一枚 [いちまい] /(n) one thin flat object/one sheet/(P)/ (1166710)
Headword 1一枚
Headword 21枚
Reading 1いちまい
Part-of-speechn
English 1one thin flat object
English 2one sheet
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry併し乍ら(P);然しながら;然し乍ら [しかしながら] /(adv,conj) (uk) however/nevertheless/(P)/ (1506000)
Headword 1然しながら
Headword 2併し乍ら
Headword 3然し乍ら
Reading 1しかしながら
Part-of-speechadv,conj
English 1(uk) however
English 2nevertheless
Comment然しながら appears to be the most common headword
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current EntryUSB [ユーエスビー] /(n) universal serial bus/USB/ (2159430)
Headword 1USB
Reading 1ユーエスビー
Part-of-speechn
English 1{comp} universal serial bus
English 2USB
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current EntryUSBメモリー [ユーエスビーメモリー] /(n) (See フラッシュメモリー) USB flash drive/USB memory stick/ (2159440)
Headword 1USBメモリー
Reading 1ユーエスビーメモリー
Part-of-speechn
English 1{comp} (See フラッシュメモリー) USB flash drive
English 2USB memory stick
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Headword 1ハブ
Part-of-speechn
English 1{comp} hub
Referencehttp://e-words.jp/w/E3838FE38396.html
Comment758,000 google hits just for USBハブ, and that isn't the only use of ハブ by a long way.
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Headword 1USBハブ
Reading 1ユーエスビーハブ
Part-of-speechn
English 1{comp} USB hub
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Current Entry凝った [こった] /(adj-f) elaborate/exquisite/tasteful/refined/artistic/(P)/ (1238990)
Headword 1凝った
Reading 1こった
Part-of-speechadj-f
English 1(See 凝る) elaborate
English 2exquisite
English 3tasteful
English 4refined
English 5artistic
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry凝った装飾 [こったそうしょく] /(n) elaborate ornaments/ (1876930)
Headword 1凝った装飾
Reading 1こったそうしょく
Part-of-speechn
English 1(See 凝る) elaborate ornaments
Comment11,200 Google hits, ... hmm.
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Headword 1操作者
Reading 1そうさしゃ
Part-of-speechn
English 1operator
Reference締付け作業時には、圧力発生装置操作者とトルクレンチ取付け作業従事者双方が合図で状況を確認しあうこと。

During the fastening operation, both the pressure generator operator and the experimenter using the torque wrench should confirm the fastening condition by signalling to each other.
CommentI think this one can be 'upgraded' to Edict.

操作者 【そうさしゃ】 operator (n); LS
操作者 【そうさしゃ】 operator; CO

192,000 Google hits
NamePaul Blay
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment