| Current Entry | 蹲む [しゃがむ] /(v5m,vi) (uk) to squat/to crouch/(P)/ (1005630) |
| Headword 1 | 蹲む |
| Reading 1 | しゃがむ |
| Part-of-speech | v5m,vi |
| English 1 | (uk) to squat |
| English 2 | to crouch |
| Reference | See below. |
| Comment | I have read your comments and also the amendment-comments by Rene Malenfant. It is interesting to hear these observations; especially the one about Nelson.
I am not sure about the various linkings between different databases, but I have been doing some more searching around. I have not had much success for 躑 and しゃがむ beyond Nelson; save that your own kanji search throws up the following:- 躑 6D36 [7722:e755] U8e91 B157 S22 N4594 V5920 MN37963 MP10.0963 P1-7-15 I7d14.1 Q6712.7 Yzhi2 Wcheog テキ しゃが.む たちもとお.る squat; sit on heels; loiter. As you will see, しゃが.む is present in connection with this odd kanji. Anyway, I hope that is of some use, but it all goes to demonstrate that language is no science. |
| Name | Francis |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 御掛け下さい |
| Reading 1 | おかけください |
| Part-of-speech | exp |
| Misc | uk |
| English 1 | please sit down |
| English 2 | please have a seat |
| Comment | This expression is in the list for JLPT level 2 as well as various Japanese courses - I thought it was important to include it. |
| Name | Alex |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 口頭による名誉毀損 |
| Reading 1 | こうとうによるめいよきそん |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | oral defamation;defamation,libel |
| Reference | orion.t.hosei.ac.jp/hideaki/respons.htm |
| Name | Richard Andrew Paredes |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment | 50 Googits - marginal. |
| Current Entry | 幽窓 [ゆうそう] /(n) quiet window/ (1540490) |
| Headword 1 | 幽窓 |
| Reading 1 | ゆうそう |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | quiet window |
| Comment | Should this word be in the dictionary?
I can't find an entry for it in any of the usual suspects. Google isn't much help either. And what is a "quiet window" anyway? |
| Name | David Ranvig |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | Dunno. It's an old entry - benn there over 10 years. |
| Current Entry | 何か物 [なにかもの] /(exp) a thing or what/something or other/TempSUB/ |
| Headword 1 | 何か物 |
| Reading 1 | なにかもの |
| Part-of-speech | exp |
| English 1 | a thing or what |
| English 2 | something or other |
| English 3 | TempSUB |
| Comment | I'm pretty sure this just means "something". Some examples of this in use from other JEs:
手に何か黒い物を持っていた He had something black in his hand. 何か（暖かい）飲み物が欲しい I want something (hot) to drink. I'm not sure this really needs an entry at all. I think this is just an example of the normal use of 何か and these are two completely individual words. "何かいいこと" gets far more hits than "何か物". (And do you get the feeling that is 何か acting almost adverbially in these sentences? That would mean that it's not actually acting on the noun 物 and they should be kept apart.) If this is kept, "something or other", "something" or "anything" do seem like fitting translations. |
| Name | Rene Malenfant |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 事故 [じこ] /(n) accident/incident/trouble/circumstances/reasons/(P)/ (1313850) |
| Headword 1 | 事故 |
| Reading 1 | じこ |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | (1) accident |
| English 2 | incident |
| English 3 | mishap |
| English 4 | hitch |
| English 5 | trouble |
| English 6 | (2) circumstances |
| English 7 | reasons |
| Comment | split senses
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| Name | Rene Malenfant |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 時代 [じだい] /(n-t) period/epoch/era/(P)/ (1316300) |
| Headword 1 | 時代 |
| Reading 1 | じだい |
| Part-of-speech | n-t,n |
| English 1 | (1) period/era/age/epoch |
| English 2 | (2) the times/those days |
| English 3 | (3) oldness/ancientness/antiquity |
| English 4 | (4) (See 時代物) (abbr) antique/period piece |
| Reference | koj, daijr, daijs, prog, nc
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| Name | Rene Malenfant |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 訳がない(P);訳が無い;わけが無い [わけがない] /(exp) (uk) (there is) no reason/(P)/ (2037230) |
| Headword 1 | 訳がない |
| Headword 2 | 訳が無い |
| Headword 3 | わけが無い |
| Reading 1 | わけがない |
| Part-of-speech | exp |
| English 1 | (uk) there is no way that ... (expresses speaker's belief that something is impossible) |
| Comment | This is much better as "there is no way that..." Consider the example sentences that use it:
# 神は言った。「私に勝てるわけがないだろう。有名選手は皆天国にいるのだ。」 [T] "How can you win, Satan?" asked God. "All the famous ballplayers are up here." # 彼には日常必需品すらない、まして贅沢品はあるわけがない。 [T] He has no daily necessities, much less luxuries. # 割当て金は僅かなものだ。体育館を建てるにも足らないだろう。ましてや、本部を建てるのに、足りるわけがない。 [T] The appropriation is pin-money; it wouldn't be enough even to build a gym, much less build the administration building. # 私より年上のわけが無い。 [T] He cannot be older than I. |
| Name | Rene Malenfant |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 可い |
| Reading 1 | べい |
| Part-of-speech | aux |
| Misc | uk |
| English 1 | (1) (ktb:, thb:) word used at sentence-end (like a particle) to indicate speculation, volition or invitation |
| English 2 | (2) (See 可き) (arch) should/must |
| Reference | koj, daijr, daijs
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| Name | Rene Malenfant |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | べ /(prt) (See だろう) sentence ending particle that makes the verb or copula before it act as a volitional or conjectural/ (2213460) |
| Headword 1 | べ |
| Headword 2 | ぺ |
| Headword 3 | べえ |
| Part-of-speech | aux |
| English 1 | (See 可い) (ktb:, thb:) word used at sentence-end (like a particle) to indicate speculation, volition or invitation |
| Reference | koj, daijr, daijs
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| Name | Rene Malenfant |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | べ /(prt) (See だろう) sentence ending particle that makes the verb or copula before it act as a volitional or conjectural/ (2213460) |
| Headword 1 | べ |
| Headword 2 | ぺ |
| Headword 3 | べえ |
| Part-of-speech | aux |
| English 1 | (1) (See 可い) (ktb:, thb:) word used at sentence-end (like a particle) to indicate speculation, volition or invitation |
| English 2 | (suf) (2) (ぺ only) familiar suffix used after a personal name |
| Reference | daijr, daijs
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| Comment | might as well add this
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| Name | Rene Malenfant |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 油樽 |
| Reading 1 | あぶらたる |
| Reading 2 | ゆそん |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | oil barrel |
| English 2 | oil cask |
| Reference | kunyomi: wadoku -> (German: Oelfass)
onyomi: my wife's casio electronic dictionary |
| Name | Hendrik |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 洋服箪笥 |
| Reading 1 | ようふくだんす |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | wardrobe or closet for Western clothes |
| Comment | Z.さん had suggested "chest of drawers (for western-style clothes in particular)" and reasoned as follows: "in America we don't put clothes in a cupboard". I am sure that harldy anybody puts clothes into a cupboard - in my world people use wardrobes for that.:-) About "not hanging clothes": in Germany and some other countries people use large (height can be up to 2m) "boxes" with doors to _hang_ clothes in (German: "Kleiderschrank"). Since a "tansu" is definitely not a "chest of drawers" but in appearance and function close to a German "Kleiderschrank", i recommend "wardrobe" (if free-standing) or "closet" (if built in) for "tansu".
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| Name | Hendrik |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
What I made it is:
洋服箪笥 （ようふくだんす） (n) wardrobe (esp. for Western clothes); chest of drawers; clothespress |
| Headword 1 | 洋服箪笥 |
| Reading 1 | ようふくだんす |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | wardrobe or closet to hang Western clothes in |
| English 2 | chest of drawers to store western clothes in |
| Comment | Remembered a bit too latethat there _are_ "tansu" with drawers instead of tall free space inside (which is the kind i have seen in the houses i have lived in) |
| Name | Hendrik |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 裡 |
| Reading 1 | り |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | --- this is a dummy entry --- |
| Comment | Sorry, don't know how to give feedback other than by using the entry form, thus the dummy entry.
On September 11 someone had submitted the name of the architect "Arata Isozaki" and added the following comment: (quote) It fails if there is a space in the kana fields and says there is a kanji there. To be completely accurate the failure message should mention that there is a "non kana" entry, not a "kanji entry". (unquote) To which Jim had replied as follows: (quote) The messages say: "the proposed entry has non-Japanese character(s) in one of the kanji fields." or "the proposed entry has non-Japanese character(s) in one of the kana fields". No mention of "kanji entry" AFAICT.(unquote) Unfortunately i have more than once (and not long ago) encountered that same error message the submitter complains about! :-) |
| Name | Hendrik |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
The "kanji entry" mystifies me. The word "entry" only occurs in the
program that processes the form in the following strings:
- the proposed entry has non-Japanese character(s) in one of the kanji fields. - the proposed entry has non-Japanese character(s) in one of the kana fields. - the proposed entry has kanji in one of the kana fields. - the proposed entry has a kanji headword, but no kana fields. - the proposed entry does not have any characters in the headword and/or kana fields. - the proposed entry does not have any characters in the English fields. - the proposed entry does not have an email address. Check the submissions WWW page for feedback. |
| Current Entry | 幽窓 [ゆうそう] /(n) quiet window/ (1540490) |
| Headword 1 | 幽窓 |
| Reading 1 | ゆうそう |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | quiet window |
| Comment | It seems to be from a poem. See page 44 of the following.
http://homepage2.nifty.com/shinkei/pdf/kanshi-1.pdf 幽窓 = 幽かな寂しい窓、部屋 |
| Name | Paul |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | Worth keeping? |
| Headword 1 | お掛け下さい |
| Headword 2 | おかけ下さい |
| Headword 3 | 御掛け下さい |
| Reading 1 | おかけください |
| Part-of-speech | exp |
| Comment | Needs more headwords, is still (uk).
Note that this could be (and is) used in the polite versions of a whole bunch of 掛ける phrases, not just for 'sit'. (e.g. お声をお掛け下さい, つながりにくい場合は06-6310-7373にお掛け下さい。) |
| Name | Paul |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | I'll add a note about other 掛ける meanings. |