| Current Entry | 動物行動学 [どうぶつこうどうがく] /(n) ethology/ (1686350) |
| Headword 1 | 動物行動学 |
| Reading 1 | どうぶつこうどうがく |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | ethology |
| English 2 | animal behaviorology |
| Comment | behaviorology has such low Google hits that I suspect I've mispelt it. Still, at least I've heard it. |
| Name | Paul |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 基本設計 [きほんせっけい] /preliminary design (17)/basic design (17)/ES/ |
| Headword 1 | 基本設計 |
| Reading 1 | きほんせっけい |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | baseline design |
| English 2 | preliminary design |
| English 3 | basic design |
| Reference | 再使用型有翼ハイブリットロケットシステムの基本設計と飛行性能予測
Baseline Design and Flight Capability Predictions for Reusable Winged Hybrid Rocket System 実施設計とは基本設計で決まった計画を、工事ができる図面に書く作業です。 ついては、新球場の建設に関する基本設計及び実施設計の設計者を選定するため、公募による提案競技を実施するので、公告します。 http://eow.alc.co.jp/��堺��荐�荐�/UTF-8/ baseline design // basic design // basic engineering // general plan // preliminary design〔【略】PD〕 // scheme design |
| Comment | Can we have a 'promotion' for this one? |
| Name | Paul |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment | Really adj-pn? |
| Current Entry | 実施設計 [じっしせっけい] /detail design/detailed design/final design/RW/ |
| Headword 1 | 実施設計 |
| Reading 1 | じっしせっけい |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | detail design |
| English 2 | detailed design |
| English 3 | final design |
| Reference | 実施設計とは基本設計で決まった計画を、工事ができる図面に書く作業です。
Detailed design is the work of drawing up a diagram that is capable of being manufactured from the plan set in the baseline design. |
| Comment | Promotion to Edict? |
| Name | Paul |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 斡旋(P);あっ旋 [あっせん] /(n,vs) (1) kind offices/services/(2) intercession/mediation/(P)/ (1153410) |
| Headword 1 | 斡旋 |
| Headword 2 | あっ旋 |
| Reading 1 | あっせん |
| Part-of-speech | n,vs |
| English 1 | (1) kind offices |
| English 2 | services |
| English 3 | (2) intercession |
| English 4 | mediation |
| Comment | From looking at Yahoo and ALC/Eijiro, I would suggest at least thinking about this entry being a Uk (kana) only. Not being the reader that some are, I can only venture a suggestion. |
| Name | Dennis |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | On WWW pages 斡旋 outnumbers あっせん by nearly 4:1. |
| Headword 1 | 水底 |
| Reading 1 | みずぞこ |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | bottom of a body of water |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment | 水底 has been an entry for many years. |
| Current Entry | 無料 [むりょう] /(n,adj-no) free/no charge/(P)/ (1531040) |
| Headword 1 | 無料 |
| Reading 1 | むりょう |
| Part-of-speech | n,adj-no |
| English 1 | free |
| English 2 | no charge |
| Comment | This is a "straight-up" antonym for:
有料 【ゆうりょう】 (n,adj-no) toll; fee; charge; admission-paid. Let's get this "vocabulary relationships" project a'movin. Color code the "option buttons" green for homonym and red for antonym, with yellow being reserved for homonyms. Hm.... Wonder where that idea came from. |
| Name | Dennis |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 機密情報 [きみつじょうほう] /(?) UNKNOWN/RH/ |
| Headword 1 | 機密情報 |
| Reading 1 | きみつじょうほう |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | confidential information |
| Reference | 彼の秘書が機密情報は一切漏らしてないと明言した。
His secretary flatly denied leaking any confidential information. |
| Name | Paul |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 得る(P);獲る [える] /(v1,vt) (1) to get/to obtain/to gain/to acquire/to win/to catch/(2) (連用形 plus える) to be possible/(P)/ (1588760) |
| Headword 1 | 得る |
| Headword 2 | 獲る |
| Reading 1 | える |
| Part-of-speech | v1,vt |
| English 1 | (1) to get |
| English 2 | to obtain |
| English 3 | to gain |
| English 4 | to acquire |
| English 5 | to win |
| English 6 | to catch |
| English 7 | (2) (連用形 plus える) to be possible |
| Comment | Can we get some kind of rationalization on which reading is correct and when. For what it's worth Yahoo and Goo conflict as well. 得る 【うる】 (v5uru) (1) to obtain (benefit); to acquire (knowledge); (2) (連用形 form + うる) (in the form ren'youkei + uru) to be possible, Is the reading uru or eru? I only know eru. |
| Name | Dennis |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | At present there are two entries: 得る/える and 得る/うる. They don't mean the same, although I am never sure about the difference. I say える,partly because I always got corrected for うる. AFAIK there is no "correct" reading. |
| Current Entry | 職業安定所 [しょくぎょうあんていじょ] /(n) public employment security office/ (1832830) |
| Headword 1 | 職業安定所 |
| Reading 1 | しょくぎょうあんていじょ |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | public employment security office |
| Comment | "public employment security office" is certainly a literal translation of the Japanese. However, is it a (government) "unemployment department" as rendered by ALC/Eijiro or a (city, prefecture, etc.) agency that provides employment listings? To my limited knowledge of present-day Japan, those who lose their jobs after the age of thirty are quite welcome to sleep in the park - but not the subways any more. |
| Name | Dennis |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 多産 [たさん] /(n,vs) pregnant/reproductive/ (1407700) |
| Headword 1 | 多産 |
| Reading 1 | たさん |
| Part-of-speech | n,vs |
| English 1 | pregnant |
| English 2 | reproductive |
| English 3 | fruitful |
| Name | Paul |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | I redid this one yesterday. |
| Current Entry | の余り [のあまり] /(exp) so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry)/overwhelmed/carried away/ (2087700) |
| Headword 1 | の余り |
| Reading 1 | のあまり |
| Part-of-speech | exp |
| English 1 | so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry) |
| English 2 | overwhelmed |
| English 3 | carried away |
| English 4 | because of too much |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | ます /(aux-v) (1) (pol) used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)/(2) (arch) (hum) used to indicate respect for those affected by the action/ (2210290) |
| Headword 1 | ます |
| Part-of-speech | aux-v |
| English 1 | (1) (pol) used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader) |
| English 2 | (2) (arch) (hum) used to indicate respect for those affected by the action |
| Reference | どんど晴れ, TV drama |
| Comment | しあす, しぁす, or しゃす. Just a learner, but in どんど晴れ you hear 大女将 using a contraction of します. I presumed it to be an acceptable colloquialism, but that you'd prefer to add it to ます instead. No written sources though. |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | Slurred pronunciations? Is it worth making an entry for them? |
| Headword 1 | 溶解 |
| Reading 1 | ようかい |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| Part-of-speech | vs |
| English 1 | dissolution; solution (e.g. chemical); |
| English 2 | melt, liquify, fusion (metal) |
| Reference | ようかい3 溶解
melting; solution; dissolution; fusion (金属の) 溶解する melt; dissolve; liquefy 水にすぐ溶解する be readily soluble in water. 溶解度 solubility 溶解熱 the heat of dissolution. |
| Comment | sorry for 悔やむ no change needed |
| Name | scott |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 婦人靴 [ふひとくつ] /(n) women's shoes/ (2017350) |
| Headword 1 | 婦人靴 |
| Reading 1 | ふじんくつ |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | women's shoes |
| Reference | 広辞苑 |
| Comment | 婦人 is read "fujin," not "fuhito." |
| Name | linguist |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 支え合う |
| Reading 1 | ささえあう |
| Part-of-speech | v5u |
| English 1 | to support (each other) |
| Reference | 171 000 google hits. |
| Comment | (not sure about verb classification) |
| Name | scott |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment | Same as 合う. In compound verbs, it's always the 2nd part that inflects. |
| Headword 1 | 常識を覆す |
| Reading 1 | じょうしきをくつがえす |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | defy conventional wisdom |
| Reference | http://eow.alc.co.jp/常識を覆す/EUC-JP/ |
| Comment | I've altered ALC's translation "defy the common wisdom", which sounds slightly odd. |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | データベース化 [でーたべーすか] /(?) UNKNOWN/RH/ |
| Headword 1 | データベース化 |
| Reading 1 | でーたべーすか |
| Part-of-speech | ? |
| English 1 | compilation of a database |
| English 2 | RH |
| Reference | http://eow.alc.co.jp/データベース化/EUC-JP/ |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 統一性 [とういつせい] /(?) UNKNOWN/RH/ |
| Headword 1 | 統一性 |
| Reading 1 | とういつせい |
| Part-of-speech | ? |
| English 1 | uniformity |
| English 2 | RH |
| English 2 | integrity |
| Reference | http://eow.alc.co.jp/統一性/EUC-JP/ |
| Comment | Briefly interrupting all the discussions about semen and masturbation with a Japanese word or two. |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 兄さん [にいさん(P);あにさん] /(n) (1) (See お兄さん) (hon) older brother/elder brother/(2) (vocative) young man/buddy/fella/laddie/(P)/ (1249910) |
| Headword 1 | 兄さん |
| Reading 1 | にいさん |
| Reading 2 | あにさん |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | (1) (See お兄さん) (hon) older brother |
| English 2 | elder brother |
| English 3 | (2) brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship) |
| English 4 | (3) (vocative) young man/buddy |
| English 5 | fella |
| English 6 | laddie |
| Comment | > The differences between the new senses 2 and 3 are,
> of course, very dependent on the context. Well, if the speaker is older than the person referred to then it's (usually) (3), otherwise it's (typically) (2). Er, and I've just remembered the phrase 'そこの兄さん' so I'm going to take back my "(esp. あにさん)" (sorry). |
| Name | Paul |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | グッモーニン |
| Part-of-speech | int |
| English 1 | G'morning |
| English 2 | Good morning |
| Cross-reference | お早う |
| Comment | 37,500 Google hits. |
| Name | Paul |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 抜き足差し足忍び足 |
| Reading 1 | ぬきあしさしあししのびあし |
| Part-of-speech | exp |
| English 1 | stealthy footsteps |
| English 2 | walking on tiptoe |
| Cross-reference | 抜き足差し足 |
| Reference | http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1211324987 |
| Comment | 15,200 Google hits |
| Name | Paul |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 知らないうちに |
| Reading 1 | しらないうちに |
| Part-of-speech | adv |
| English 1 | before one knew it |
| English 2 | before one realized it |
| Cross-reference | 知らない間に |
| Reference | There are 3 examples in the Tanaka Corpus.
There are 12 million results in Google. http://www.google.com/search?q=知らないうちに |
| Comment | Should also be "exp" (expression), but it's not one of the options in your pull-
down menu. |
| Name | CK |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment | If you put "知らないうちに" (to stop Google segmenting it) you only get 1.7M. "exp" is the 3rd option on the menu. |
| Current Entry | あらかじめ計画;予め計画 [あらかじめけいかく] /(n) advance plans/forward plans/ (2246500) |
| Headword 1 | あらかじめ計画 |
| Headword 2 | 予め計画 |
| Reading 1 | あらかじめけいかく |
| Part-of-speech | exp |
| English 1 | advance plans |
| English 2 | forward plans |
| Comment | I think this is a bit iffy technically. If you take a sentence like:
休暇の予め計画を立てている。 Then 予め(adv) goes with 立てている(verb) and 計画を(object) goes with 立てている(verb). It isn't really 予め(adv) goes with 計画(noun), is it? From a practical point of view I suspect 予め doesn't go well with ある, so although there are lots of 計画がある (515,000) there are very few あらかじめ計画がある (4). あらかじめ計画 has a moderate 19,600 hits so it could possibly be dropped. If not I suggest making it an (exp) not a (n). |
| Name | Paul |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | Not sure I agree with your analysis. I think 予め can work prenominally, and if anything I'd make it adj-f as well as adv. FWIW, GG5 gives "あらかじめ計画" as a derived word. It is in the "uk" camp for 予め/あらかじめ. |
| Headword 1 | ＣＧ |
| Reading 1 | シージー |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | computer graphics |
| English 2 | CG |
| Comment | Very common in Japanese web pages. |
| Name | Paul |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 再使用 [さいしよう] /(n) {comp} reuse/ (2357430) |
| Headword 1 | 再使用 |
| Reading 1 | さいしよう |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | reuse |
| Comment | Not particularly {comp}. |
| Name | Paul |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 再使用型 |
| Reading 1 | さいしようがた |
| Part-of-speech | adj-pn |
| English 1 | reusable |
| Reference | 再使用型宇宙往還機 (RLV: reusable launch vehicle)
再使用型高温用表面耐熱材 (High-temperature Reusable Surface Insulation |
| Name | Paul |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 出席 |
| Headword 2 | 出席している |
| Reading 1 | しゅっせきしている |
| Part-of-speech | adj-pn |
| English 1 | (1) present |
| English 2 | (2) attending |
| Reference | http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/t10015768021000.html#
北海道洞爺湖サミットに出席しているＥＵ・ヨーロッパ連合のバローゾ委員長は８日夕方、記者会見を行い、サミットでの地球温暖化対策に関する合意を評価したうえで、新興国側が、世界全体の温室効果ガスの排出量を２０５０年までに半減するという長期目標を受け入れることに期待を示しました。 |
| Comment | If you're doing a direct translation of shusseki-sh'teiru, then I think that "attending" sounds more natural in the situation than "present". |
| Name | Glen Archer |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | However the entry is for 出席, not 出席している. "attendance" is a good translation of 出席, but since it's also vs, you need to turn the explanation into a verb (to attend, etc.). |
| Current Entry | ガンマ /(n) gamma/(P)/ (1040640) |
| Headword 1 | ガンマ |
| Headword 2 | ガンマー |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | gamma |
| Name | Paul |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |