| Current Entry | カフカス /(?) Caucasus/GA/ |
| Headword 1 | カフカス |
| Headword 2 | カフカス人 |
| Reading 2 | カフカスじん |
| Part-of-speech | ｎ |
| English 1 | Caucasus |
| English 2 | GA |
| English 3 | Caucasian |
| Reference | See below. |
| Comment | I am not quite sure how to do the above entry, but I thought that it would help to show カフカス人 [Caucasian], which was the topic of my search. The reading text was this: 主人公のきよ葉を演じたのはカフカス人と日本人のハーフでモデル、
Perhaps it should be a separate entry because most of the other nationalities, etc., have their own headword. |
| Name | Francis |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment | Split into two entries. "カフカス /(p) Caucasus/" goes into enamdict. BTW, don't use zenkaku letters in the POS field. |
| Headword 1 | テマ |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | theme |
| Reference | See below. |
| Comment | I frequently come across the above and, in context, I have taken it to mean 'theme'. However, I cannot find any help in the references to which I have referred. There are quite a few Google hits. Perhaps an entry will get the attention of your experts and be confirmed or shot down. |
| Name | Francis |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 水水しい [みずみずしい] /(?) UNKNOWN/ |
| Headword 1 | 水水しい |
| Reading 1 | みずみずしい |
| Part-of-speech | ? |
| English 1 | See below. |
| Reference | See below. |
| Comment | I am wondering whether the above is simply the error of using 水 instead of 瑞, i.e., a typo.
I have seen it used several times, but the reading and meaning does show up anywhere in the dictionaries which I have . Whereas, 瑞々しい(P); 瑞瑞しい 【みずみずしい】 (adj-i) young and vivacious; fresh; juicy; (P) is clearly present. The text which I was reading was this: テマとした水水しいそして豪華な本作品は.... As far as I could translate, its meaning, from context, was something like this: a vivacious and extravagant main work of art was made the theme. I am not sure what water has to do with that, but.... If I am correct, then, in this case, UNKNOWN is truly correct. |
| Name | Francis |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 瑞々しい(P);瑞瑞しい [みずみずしい] /(adj-i) young and vivacious/fresh/juicy/(P)/ (1372810) |
| Headword 1 | 瑞々しい |
| Headword 2 | 瑞瑞しい |
| Headword 3 | 水々しい |
| Headword 4 | 水水しい |
| Reading 1 | みずみずしい |
| Part-of-speech | adj-i |
| English 1 | (1) young (and lustrous) |
| English 2 | fresh |
| English 3 | juicy |
| English 4 | (2) lively |
| English 5 | vivacious |
| English 6 | animated/vibrant |
| Comment | never seen this before, but daijirin and daijisen have it
i'm not 100 ure about the figurative meaning of this word, but i think this is about right. gg5 probably knows better |
| Name | Rene Malenfant |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 認知度 [にんちど] /(?) UNKNOWN/RH/ |
| Headword 1 | 認知度 |
| Reading 1 | にんちど |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | degree of recognition |
| English 2 | level of familiarity |
| English 3 | visibility (product) |
| Reference | gg5 |
| Name | scott |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | セルティック /(?) Celtic F.C./GA/ |
| Headword 1 | セルティック |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | Celtic |
| Name | scott |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | リーマン /(n) (1) (See サラリーマン) (abbr) (sl) salary man/(2) Riemann/(P)/ (1140830) |
| Headword 1 | リーマン |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | (1) (See サラリーマン) (abbr) (sl) salary man |
| English 2 | (2) Riemann |
| English 3 | (3) Lehman |
| Name | scott |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | Moved Riemann & Lehman to enamdict. |
| Headword 1 | リペレット |
| Part-of-speech | vs-i |
| English 1 | Re-pellet, grind plastic scraps into small pieces as a form of recycling |
| English 2 | Regrind (plastics industry) |
| Comment | Word is specific to the plastics industry |
| Name | Whitney Wells |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 代替手段 |
| Reading 1 | だいたいしゅだん |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | Alternate means |
| English 2 | Alternative method |
| Reference | http://eow.alc.co.jp/篁ｆ�炊��罧�/UTF-8/?ref=sa
Example: http://blogs.itmedia.co.jp/takeuchi/2008/09/post-3517.html 代替手段があれば余裕ができる If there's an alternative, then you have the capacity. |
| Comment | It is just 代替+手段, but common enough as an ideom to warrant its own entry. |
| Name | R. Andrews |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | シャンチー |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | Chinese chess |
| English 2 | xiangqi |
| Reference | http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/��激�ｃ�潟���� |
| Name | Casey J. Morris |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 検閲 [けんえつ] /(n,vs) inspection/examination/censorship/(P)/ (1257840) |
| Headword 1 | 検閲 |
| Reading 1 | けんえつ |
| Part-of-speech | n,vs |
| English 1 | to censor |
| English 2 | to inspect (in order to censor) |
| English 3 | to review (in order to censor) |
| English 4 | censorship |
| English 5 | inspection |
| Reference | gg5, alc
# 手紙の検閲 mail-surveillance # 政府の検閲を受けた government-inspected # 〜を検閲する pass ~ in review // put censorship on |
| Comment | censorship is really the primary meaning here. |
| Name | scott |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 農薬 [のうやく] /(n) agricultural chemicals/(P)/ (1470780) |
| Headword 1 | 農薬 |
| Reading 1 | のうやく |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | agricultural chemicals |
| English 2 | pesticides |
| Reference | ALC
gut-feeling compound nouns in WWWJDIC containing 農薬 that use "pesticides" in the translation |
| Name | Jeroen Hoek |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 黴 [かび] /(n) mold/mould/mildew/(P)/ (1575380) |
| Headword 1 | 黴 |
| Headword 2 | カビ |
| Reading 1 | かび |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | mold |
| English 2 | mould |
| English 3 | mildew |
| Reference | ALC
usage in 朝日新聞 Wikipedia |
| Comment | カビ seems way more common than 黴 as well. Isn't this a (uk) word? |
| Name | Jeroen Hoek |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 黴が生える [かびがはえる] /(exp) to get moldy/to get out-of-fashion/ (2168510) |
| Headword 1 | 黴が生える |
| Headword 2 | カビが生える |
| Reading 1 | かびがはえる |
| Part-of-speech | exp |
| English 1 | to get moldy |
| English 2 | to get out-of-fashion |
| Reference | ALC
Googits suggest popularity of カビが… over 黴が… |
| Comment | Might want to swap the headwords as well. |
| Name | Jeroen Hoek |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 活躍中 [かつやくちゅう] /(exp) within the activity (of something going on)/among the activities (taking place)/in the middle of [this] activity/TempSUB/ |
| Headword 1 | 活躍中 |
| Reading 1 | かつやくちゅう |
| Part-of-speech | exp |
| English 1 | within the activity (of something going on) |
| English 2 | among the activities (taking place) |
| English 3 | in the middle of [this] activity |
| English 4 | TempSUB |
| Reference | See below. |
| Comment | With reference to your comments on 'UNKNOWN', I can understand your feelings about cluttering up the display with my long-winded description.
In trying to suggest a replacement for the 'UNKNOWN/RH' entries, I felt that it was easier for me to indicate an intention or purpose, rather than trying to find the few words that would reflect the right tone for your system, which system I can hardly even pretend to fully understand at this early stage of my accessing the data. I was somewhat motivated to enter the debate again after I had read the comments of 'Name' on 4th September 08. That contributor had stated: 'The number of entries listed as "UNKNOWN" seems to be increasing constantly. Often there will be more UNKNOWN listings than actual definitions. As a regular user (and contributor to) this dictionary, I find this quite annoying. It would be very helpful if there was an option to suppress these listings in the search results.' Having read your comments, I should be most grateful to have the benefit of your earlier offer to change "UNKNOWN" to "NO TRANSLATION YET" [See 19th August 08 against entry 旧日本海軍 [きゅうにほんかいぐん] /(exp) The old Japanese navy/RH/TempSUB/] |
| Name | Francis |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | OK, I'll make it that. |