New Entries/Amendments for 2008-10-02

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: 3 Oct.
Headword 1新伝
Reading 1しんでん
Part-of-speechadj-na
English 1New style; new way; modern; ultra modern
Reference奈須さんを商業デビューさせた太田克史・ファウスト編集長は、『空の境界』を「新伝綺」と呼ぶ。
Namejtweymouth
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Headword 1阿弥陀如来
Reading 1あみだにょらい
Part-of-speechn
English 1Amida Nyorai
English 2Amitabha Buddha
CommentThis is probably a typo -- currently Amida Nyourai in WWWJDIC -- as other Nyorai Buddhas (Shaka, Yakushi, Dainichi) are spelled correctly.
NameName
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment Fixed in enamdict.

Headword 1日清
Reading 1にっしん
Part-of-speechn
Miscabbr
English 1First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)
Cross-reference日清戦争
Referenceasahi
Namescott
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Headword 1萩重ね
Reading 1はぎがさね
Part-of-speechn
English 1autumn garment
ReferenceAkutagawa, in a grove (breaking into japanese literature translation)
Namescott
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment 70 Googits. "obsc".


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Current Entry如露亦如電 [つゆのごとくまたかみなりのごとし] /like dew, also like lightning/BU/
Headword 1如露亦如電
Reading 1にょろやくにょでん
Part-of-speechexp
English 1like dew, also like lightning
English 2gone in a flash
Referencefrom akutagawa. The buddhic reading seems doubtful.
Namescott
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment I've passed this on to Chuck Muller (the Buddhdic man.)

Current Entry唸る [うなる] /(v5r,vi) to groan/to moan/to roar/to howl/to growl/to hum/to buzz/to sough/(P)/ (1565300)
Headword 1唸る
Headword 2呻る
Reading 1うなる
Part-of-speechv5r,vi
English 1to groan
English 2to moan
English 3to roar
English 4to howl
English 5to growl
English 6to hum
English 7to buzz
English 8to sough
Reference[ 必携 類語実用辞典 提供:三省堂 ] (yahoo)
Namescott
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Headword 1住人の呼称
Headword 2呼び名
Reading 1じゅうにんのこしょう
Part-of-speechn
English 1demonym
English 2the name used to refer to the residents of a country
Referencehttp://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/篏鋋冴主О

http://www11.atwiki.jp/deja/pages/17.html
NameRib
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Headword 1先導車
Reading 1せんどうしゃ
Part-of-speechn
English 1lead car; leading car
Referencehttp://eow.alc.co.jp/先導車/EUC-JP/
NameName
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Current Entry青梗菜 [ちんげんさい;チンゲンサイ] /(n) qinggengcai (spinach-like green vegetable originating in China)/pak choi/bok choi/bok choy/ (2072290)
Headword 1チンゲン菜
Headword 2青梗菜
Reading 1ちんげんさい
Reading 2チンゲンサイ
Part-of-speechn
English 1qinggengcai (spinach-like green vegetable originating in China)
English 2pak choi
English 3bok choi
English 4bok choy
ReferenceSeen this headword in the supermarkets in Japan.
Lots of Googits.
チンゲン菜 beats 青梗菜 by a wide margin (3:1), hence the suggested headword swap.
CommentToday's mystery vegetable for me. I never knew there were so many vegetables I didn't know of to be found in Japan. Now to find out how to prepare it..
NameJeroen Hoek
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment Bought some this morning.

Current Entry招待に与る [しょうたいにあずかる] /(exp) to receive an invitation/ (1882770)
Headword 1招待にあずかる
Headword 2招待に与る
Reading 1しょうたいにあずかる
Part-of-speechexp
English 1(obsc) to receive an invitation
CommentAbout 70 'real' Google hits for both headwords totalled.
NamePaul
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry相談に与る [そうだんにあずかる] /(exp) to be consulted/ (1889620)
Headword 1相談にあずかる
Headword 2相談に与る
Reading 1そうだんにあずかる
Part-of-speechexp
English 1(obsc) to be consulted
CommentAbout 200 'real' Google hits for both headwords totalled.
NamePaul
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry与る [あずかる] /(v5r,vi) to participate in/ (1544760)
Headword 1与る
Reading 1あずかる
Part-of-speechv5r,vi
English 1(uk) to participate in
CommentProbably (uk) given ratio in both expressions in Edict that use this word.
NamePaul
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry方向 [ほうこう] /(n) direction/course/way/(P)/ (1516990)
Headword 1方向
Reading 1ほうこう
Part-of-speechn
English 1(1) direction/orientation/bearing/way
English 2(2) course (e.g. of action)
Referencehttp://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=方向&kind=jn
Comment(1) being literal and (2) figurative.
NamePaul
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry方向性 [ほうこうせい] /(n,adj-no) (1) {comp} directionality/directivity/orientation/(n) (2) course of action/ (2389200)
Headword 1方向性
Reading 1ほうこうせい
Part-of-speechn
English 1(1) trend/course (of action)/direction
English 2(n) (2) {comp} directionality
English 3directivity
English 4orientation
English 5(adj-no) (3) {comp} directional
English 6vectorial
CommentMostly from looking at SpaceALC and existing examples.
NamePaul
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment