| Current Entry | 今終える [いまおえる] /(exp) finished at this point/TempSUB/ |
| Headword 1 | 今終える |
| Reading 1 | いまおえる |
| Part-of-speech | exp |
| English 1 | finished at this point |
| English 2 | TempSUB |
| Reference | See below. |
| Comment | I do not wish to appear to challenge your observation on this new submission, namely: that it is really a regular juxtaposition of words, because I am sure that is the case.
Today, I was searching for 大き過ぎる. I knew that the suffix '過ぎる' was about 'excess' and I knew that '大き' was about 'big', however, looking for that little confirmation, together with a suitable meaning in the context of the text which I was reading, I found no assistance in any reference book to hand so I turned next to your site. There was the answer: 大きすぎる; 大き過ぎる 【おおきすぎる】 (v1) to be oversized (overloud, etc.). Great! I have no doubt that the novice in the old English Cathedrals, at a time when monks just wrote text without any breaks between the words, scratched their heads and wondered about the regular juxtaposition of words. Any clues to the regular ordinary things in the Japanese language is surely a bonus for the beginner as he or she grasps for an understanding of one or more character meanings and readings, generally surrounded as they are with kana meanings and readings. Much work has to be done by the novice in reading and understanding even the simplest of text, which text obviously seems quite natural to those with Japanese as their mother tongue. The more that I access your site, the more I realize what a valuable tool you and your colleagues are creating. I do hope that you keep as many of the regular juxtaposition of words as it really possible. |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Francis |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | バック /(n,vs) back/(P)/ (1098760) |
| Headword 1 | バック |
| Part-of-speech | n,vs |
| English 1 | (1) (n) back |
| English 2 | (2) (vs) to go backwards, to reverse |
| English 3 | (3) (vs) to refund a customer |
| Reference | gg5 |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | scott |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 相する [そうする] /(vs-s,vt) to assess (often one's fate)/TempSUB/ |
| Headword 1 | 相する |
| Reading 1 | そうする |
| Part-of-speech | vs-s,vt |
| English 1 | to assess (often one's fate) |
| English 2 | TempSUB |
| Reference | Shouldn't する entries be submitted as 相 (vs) ? just asking |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | scott |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | Not for these special single-kanji+する verbs. |
| Headword 1 | あってない |
| Part-of-speech | exp |
| English 1 | (something) does not fit |
| English 2 | (someone) does not meet (someone) |
| English 3 | (someone) does not meet (something, e.g., an accident) |
| Reference | See below. |
| Comment | I tried to make sense of some text which read: '実体があってないようなもので、' After some thinking and some research, I concluded that it may have a meaning like, 'it is a thing like the substance does not fit'.
Seeking some confirmation, I searched your site and found the following clues:- あって (etc.) See: 逢う 会う 合う 遭う. あっての (adj-f) which can exist solely due to the presence of; whose existence is determined entirely by; which owes everything to; (P) That search led to 'make a submission for あってない' There are over 3.5 million hits on Google for 'あってない' so I wondered if it could be included with a note that the most likely meaning is that '(something) does not fit (etc)' in order to remove the struggle for the novice in wondering if it relats in some way to the て form of ある. |
| Name | Francis |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
Certainly worth having. GG5 links to a set of examples in the ある entry:
夏休みなんてあってないようなものだった. My summer vacation was like having none at all. 宝石[絵, 骨董品]の値段なんてあってないようなものだ. The prices for 「jewels [paintings, antiques] are practically meaningless. 離婚の慰謝料の基準はあってないようなものだ. The standards for determining alimony are of very little use. I would generalize it as: 有って無い [あってない] /(exp) (uk) lacking in some desired property (size, usefulness, etc.)/ |
| Current Entry | 相する [そうする] /(vs-s,vt) to assess (often one's fate)/TempSUB/ |
| Headword 1 | 相する |
| Reading 1 | そうする |
| Part-of-speech | vs-s,vt |
| English 1 | to assess (often one's fate) |
| English 2 | TempSUB |
| Comment | Single-kanji 〜する entries are given their own entry, just as is done in
Japanese language dictionaries. See http://tinyurl.com/6gw2p4 I'm guessing that's because there's usually less correspondence in meaning between the single-kanji nouns (if they exist at all) and the verbs. Also, I think most Japanese people would consider this and 対する, 関する, etc. to be one word, whereas they'd consider 勉強する, etc. to be two words. |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Rene Malenfant |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 過ぎる [すぎる] /(v1,vi) to pass/to go beyond/to elapse/to exceed/(P)/ (1195970) |
| Headword 1 | 過ぎる |
| Reading 1 | すぎる |
| Part-of-speech | v1,vi |
| English 1 | (1) to pass through/to pass by/to go beyond |
| English 2 | (2) to pass (i.e. of time)/to elapse |
| English 3 | (3) to have expired/to have ended/to be over |
| English 4 | (4) to exceed/to surpass/to be above |
| English 5 | (5) (as 〜に過ぎない, etc.) to be no more than ... |
| English 6 | (v1,vi,suf) (6) (often used after adjective stems or the -masu stems of verbs) to be excessive/to be too much/to be too ... |
| Reference | koj, daijr, daijs, prog, nc
|
| Comment | yeah, this entry needs a revamp
|
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Rene Malenfant |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 音楽に対する勘 [おんがくにたいするかん] /(n) musical sense/ (1863280) |
| Headword 1 | 音楽に対する勘 |
| Reading 1 | おんがくにたいするかん |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | musical sense |
| Comment | 26 "real" hits, most from edict
|
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Rene Malenfant |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | Removed. |
| Current Entry | 義理の父 [ぎりのちち] /(n) one's father-in-law/ (2010720) |
| Headword 1 | 義理の父 |
| Reading 1 | ぎりのちち |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | father-in-law |
| English 2 | foster father |
| English 3 | stepfather |
| English 4 | any kind of "father" not related by blood |
| Comment | Same as 義父. |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Gernot |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 義理の母 [ぎりのはは] /(n) one's mother-in-law/ (2010730) |
| Headword 1 | 義理の母 |
| Reading 1 | ぎりのはは |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | mother-in-law |
| English 2 | foster mother |
| English 3 | stepmother |
| Comment | Same as 義母. |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Gernot |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 温水器 [おんすいき] /(n) hot water tank/TempSUB/ |
| Headword 1 | 温水器 |
| Reading 1 | おんすいき |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | hot water tank |
| English 2 | TempSUB |
| Reference | This entry was a mistake. Please delete it.
It's a water heater only. |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | scott |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 押し寄せる;押寄せる [おしよせる] /(v1,vi) to push aside/to advance on/ (1180190) |
| Headword 1 | 押し寄せる |
| Headword 2 | 押寄せる |
| Reading 1 | おしよせる |
| Part-of-speech | v1,vi |
| English 1 | to advance on |
| English 2 | to close in |
| English 3 | to march on |
| English 4 | to descend on (the enemy) |
| English 5 | to move towards |
| English 6 | to surge forward (a crowd, a wave of nostalgia, a wave) |
| Reference | I would add: to rush for (the door)
to inundate to overwhelm gg5 and alc |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | scott |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 伺い書 [うかがいしょ] /(?) ???/RH/ |
| Headword 1 | 伺い書 |
| Reading 1 | うかがいしょ |
| Part-of-speech | ? |
| English 1 | request form |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | ぺたん |
| Part-of-speech | adv |
| Misc | on-mim |
| English 1 | sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface |
| Cross-reference | ぺたぺた |
| Reference | Yahoo!辞書：
http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=�����帥��&dtype=3&dname=2na&stype=0&pagenum=1&index=03932400 As used (in katakana) in a lyric of the Happy End song 夏なんです： 地べたにペタンとしゃがみこみ |
| Comment | ぺたん is similar to ぺたぺた, which is already in the dictionary. However, no repetition is implied by ぺたん. One would say ぺたんと座っている but not ぺたぺたと座っている. |
| Name | chiisaitsu |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 百万円 |
| Reading 1 | ひゃくまんえん |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | one million yen |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 領空侵犯 [りょうくうしんぱん] /(n) airspace incursion/ (2001800) |
| Headword 1 | 領空侵犯 |
| Reading 1 | りょうくうしんぱん |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | airspace incursion |
| English 2 | airspace violation |
| Comment | added english #2 for easier e->j searching |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |