| Current Entry | 実力者 [じつりょくしゃ] /(n) big wheel/ (1321550) |
| Headword 1 | 実力者 |
| Reading 1 | じつりょくしゃ |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | influential or powerful person |
| English 2 | big wheel |
| English 3 | big gun |
| English 4 | power behind the throne |
| Comment | The current definition is inadequate if only because it is too figurative; also, it is not a common expression in America. |
| Name | linguist |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 生活費 [せいかつひ] /(n) living expenses/ (1378890) |
| Headword 1 | 生活費 |
| Reading 1 | せいかつひ |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | living expenses |
| Comment | Whatever your criteria for demarcating an entry as P-mark worthy, I can assure you that this entry is as common as can be. It pops up in every conversation. For expressions as common as 食べる or 生活費, I would suggest a "D" marker for "Daily Usage". |
| Name | Dennis |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | Yes, 生活費 gets well over the threshold for P. Funny it didn't make the newspaper ranking. As for "D", I don't have a problem with the concept, but we'd need to define the goal. If "P" sets out to be (roughly) the 20k most commonly used words, what would "D" mean? The most common 5k? Implementation is another matter. Where do we find a reliable and authenticatable list of the most common 5,000 words? |
| Current Entry | 屋;家 [や] /(suf) (1) (usu. 屋) (See パン屋) (something) shop/(suf) (2) (usu. 屋) (See 殺し屋) somebody who sells (something) or works as (something)/(suf) (3) (usu. 屋) (See 照れ屋) somebody with a (certain) personality trait/(n) (4) (usu. 家) house/(5) roof/ (2082160) |
| Headword 1 | 屋 |
| Headword 2 | 家 |
| Reading 1 | や |
| Part-of-speech | suf |
| English 1 | (1) (usu. 屋) (See パン屋) (something) shop |
| English 2 | (suf) (2) (usu. 屋) (See 殺し屋) somebody who sells (something) or works as (something) |
| English 3 | (suf) (3) (usu. 屋) (See 照れ屋) somebody with a (certain) personality trait |
| English 4 | (n) (4) (usu. 家) house |
| English 5 | (5) roof |
| Comment | Although I have been accused of actually having a sense of humor, I am curious as to which individual thought that 殺し屋 would be "exemplary" in the following:
屋; 家 【や】 (suf) (1) (usu. 屋) (See パン屋) (something) shop; (suf) (2) (usu. 屋) (See 殺し屋) somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); (suf) (3) (usu. 屋) (See 照れ屋) somebody with a (certain) personality trait; (n) (4) (usu. 家) house; (5) roof [Ex][G][GI][S][A] [G][GI][S][A][W] |
| Name | Dennis |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | See: http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/dicsubs/2007-04/subs2007-04-16.html about 3/4 of the way down. Paul suggested it as an xref in the first place. |
| Headword 1 | 天に二物を与えられた |
| Reading 1 | てんににぶつをあたえられた |
| Part-of-speech | adj-pn |
| English 1 | to be gifted with two things (usu. beauty and intelligence) |
| Cross-reference | 才色兼備 |
| Reference | 「これからはもう美しさよりも喋りで勝負！天に二物を与えられた面白女医の逮捕劇だった！」 from mechaike that was broadcast on 2/2.
http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=%C6%F3%CA%AA&kind=jn&mode=0&base=1&row=0 |
| Comment | Is adj-pn correct or should it be adj-f? What's the difference? |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment | I'd say "exp". The difference between adj-pn and adj-f is explained on the Wiki at http://www.edrdg.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page In particular see: http://www.edrdg.org/wiki/index.php/Talk:Dictionary_Codes |
| Headword 1 | プロイセン |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| Part-of-speech | p |
| English 1 | (German: Preußen) Prussia |
| Reference | http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/��������ゃ�祉� |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 長め;長目 [ながめ] /(adj-na,adj-no) (1) longish/moderately long/(2) (at the) long end/ (1633730) |
| Headword 1 | 長め |
| Headword 2 | 長目 |
| Reading 1 | ながめ |
| Part-of-speech | adj-na,adj-no |
| English 1 | (1) longish |
| English 2 | moderately long |
| English 3 | (2) (at the) long end |
| Comment | > Can't this adequately be handled (no pun) by making sense 2
> "adv", e.g. "(2) (adv) at the long end (e.g. hold)"? Only if 長め /was/ (adv), and I don't think it is. 長めに could be called (adv), although I still think that it's just the (adv) form of the (adj-na,adj-no) 長め |
| Name | Paul |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | There are other 形容動詞 entries with a later "adv" sense. I think it's useful when the English translation of the adverbial form is not readily apparent from the translation of the base adjective. This is a good example. |
| Current Entry | 短め [みじかめ] /(n) rather (somewhat) short/ (1953680) |
| Headword 1 | 短め |
| Headword 2 | 短目 |
| Reading 1 | みじかめ |
| Part-of-speech | adj-na,adj-no |
| English 1 | (ant: 長め) rather (somewhat) short |
| Comment | 1,770,000 Google hits, so verging on the (P). Could have an (ant: ) back from 長め. |
| Name | Paul |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 長め;長目 [ながめ] /(adj-na,adj-no) (1) longish/moderately long/(2) (at the) long end/ (1633730) |
| Headword 1 | 長め |
| Headword 2 | 長目 |
| Reading 1 | ながめ |
| Part-of-speech | adj-na,adj-no |
| English 1 | (1) longish |
| English 2 | moderately long |
| English 3 | (2) (at the) long end |
| Comment | The more I think about this the more I incline to the idea that no special handling of "(at the) long end", or as I prefer "(on the) long side" is required. 短め presumably has just the same kind of usage for the antonym and no special handling is used with that entry. |
| Name | Paul |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | I still have a problem with バットを長めに持つ. It doesn't mean you hold it longly or longishly. The entry should give some indication that supports a reasonable translation. |
| Headword 1 | 足が重い |
| Reading 1 | あしがおもい |
| Part-of-speech | exp |
| English 1 | one's legs being leaden (through tiredness, etc.) |
| Reference | http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=足が重い&kind=jn |
| Name | Paul |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 原子力空母 |
| Reading 1 | げんしりょくくうぼ |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | nuclear-powered aircraft carrier |
| Reference | http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080528p2a00m0na018000c.html |
| Name | skb |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 陸軍中将 |
| Reading 1 | りくぐんちゅうじょう |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | lieutenant general |
| English 2 | Lt. General |
| Cross-reference | 中将; 空軍中将; 海兵隊中将; 海軍中将 |
| Reference | http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=Lieutenant+General&stype=1&dtype=1 |
| Name | skb |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment | The cross-references need to be to existing or submitted entries. |