| Current Entry | 収縮 [？] /-arctia (suf)/WI2/ |
| Headword 1 | 収縮 |
| Reading 1 | しゅうしゅく |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | -arctia (suf) |
| English 2 | contraction |
| English 3 | shrinking |
| English 4 | constriction |
| Reference | Nelson: 675.17 |
| Comment | With reference to your comment: "Where? In the RH file? WI2? The latter is based on Japanese glossary sources which rarely bother to have readings."
Promotion of the above, but I have not come across "-arctia" which I guess is a special term. The ones which I have entered have just come from Nelson. I can now see, from your comment, the reason for the lack of readings in WI2. However, for the record, the following entries are similar to the above:- 房室性期外収縮 【？】 A-V extrasystole; atrioventricular extrasystole; A-; WI2 房室結節性期外収縮 【？】 A-V nodal extrasystole; atrioventricular nodal extrasystole; A-; WI2 酸凝縮 【？】 acid condensation; WI2 腺房萎縮 【？】 acinar atrophy; WI2 後天性萎縮 【？】 acquired atrophy; WI2 肢端拘縮 【？】 acrocontracture; WI2 四肢拘縮 【？】 acrocontracture; WI2 能動的血管収縮 【？】 active vasoconstriction; WI2 急性反射性骨萎縮 【？】 acute reflex bone atrophy; WI2 急性黄色肝萎縮 【？】 acute yellow atrophy of the liver; acute yellow liver atrophy; WI2 後負荷収縮 【？】 after-load contraction; WI2 後収縮 【？】 after-shrinkage; aftercontraction; post-shrinkage; WI2 あと縮 【？】 after-shrinkage; WI2 気道痙縮 【？】 airway spasm; WI2 歯槽骨萎縮 【？】 alveolar bone atrophy; WI2 脳血管攣縮 【？】 angiospasm of brain; WI2 陽極閉鎖強縮 【？】 anodal closing tetanus; WI2 肛門直腸痙縮 【？】 anorectal spasm; WI2 脊髄病性筋萎縮 【？】 Aran-Duchenne atrophy; myelopathic muscular atrophy; spinal progressive muscular atrophy; WI2 動脈攣縮 【？】 arterial spasm; WI2 ETC., ETC., ETC., There are also some RH entries, but they do have readings, e.g., 縮 【しゅく】 (?) ???; RH 縮 【ちじ】 (?) ???; RH 縮 【ちぢ】 (?) ???; RH The RH entries seem to be covered elsewhere, however, "縮 【しゅく】" could be promoted with a basic noun, e.g., 'shrinkage'. |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Francis |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment | 収縮/しゅうしゅく has been an entry for many years. It should have been deleted from the WI2 file (it has been now). It's a good idea to check before promoting. Please don't consider "promoting" things like 縮/しゅく unless you can support it with evidence from a good Japanese dictionary. The revhenkan file has a lot of solo kanji like that which are not really stand-alone words. |
| Current Entry | 奉幣 [ほうへい;ほうべい] /(n,vs) offering a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god/ (1627150) |
| Reading 1 | ほうへ |
| Reading 2 | ほうべ |
| English 1 | Swan （bird) |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | References? (I can't find any support for this.) |
| Current Entry | 奉幣 [ほうへい;ほうべい] /(n,vs) offering a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god/ (1627150) |
| Reading 1 | ほうへ |
| English 1 | Swan （bird) |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | それなればこそ /for that very reason/WI1/ |
| Headword 1 | 其れなればこそ |
| Reading 1 | それなればこそ |
| Part-of-speech | exp |
| English 1 | for that very reason |
| Reference | 小学館の見出し語 |
| Comment | Promotion [I take it that one should use the kanji in the headword where possible].
The RH entry, as below, will presumably be automatically deleted once the above is promoted. それなればこそ (?) ???; RH |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Francis |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 其れなし |
| Reading 1 | それなし |
| Part-of-speech | exp |
| English 1 | (I cannot do) without that |
| Reference | See below. |
| Comment | The above combination comes up often and it fits in with other entries on your site, but I cannot find a specific reference except as appears in various sentences and translations in dictionaries. Or, indeed, other entries in dictionaries like, "彼女なしではやっていけない", which can be translated as "I cannot do without her". Hence, "I cannot do without that". |
| Name | Francis |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment | It means "without that/it". The rest depends on context. |
| Current Entry | 言い古された [いいふるされた] /(adj) cliched/hackneyed/WI1/ |
| Headword 1 | 言い古された |
| Reading 1 | いいふるされた |
| Part-of-speech | exp |
| English 1 | cliched |
| English 2 | hackneyed |
| Reference | See below. |
| Comment | This is the past passive of "言い古す"
It often comes up with "言い古された言葉を" and perhaps it should be promoted and linked to the following:- 言い古した言葉; 言古した言葉 【いいふるしたことば】 (n) hackneyed saying。 言い古す; 言古す 【いいふるす】 (v5s) to say repeatedly or proverbially。 |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Franci |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment | I don't think it needs to be included, given that 言い古す is an entry. |
| Current Entry | 近鉄電車 [きんてつでんしゃ] /Kintetsu Railways/WI1/ |
| Headword 1 | 近鉄電車 |
| Reading 1 | きんてつでんしゃ |
| Part-of-speech | NA |
| English 1 | Kintetsu Railways |
| Reference | See below. |
| Comment | This could be promoted and also linked to the following entry:-
近鉄 【きんてつ】 (n) (abbr) Kinki Nippon Tetsudou (railway co.); (P) |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Francis |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment | The PoS is not "NA". It wouldbe "o" (organization) or "c" (company). |
| Current Entry | 行方 [ゆくえ] /(n) (one's) whereabouts/(P)/ (1282180) |
| Headword 1 | 行方 |
| Reading 1 | ゆくえ |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | (one's) whereabouts |
| English 2 | course, direction |
| Reference | # 接近するいん石の行方
course of an approaching meteorite # 改革の行方を見守る watch the direction of the reforms # 政治の行方をさらに不確実なものにする inject greater uncertainty into political future http://eow.alc.co.jp/茵����/UTF-8/?pg=3 |
| Comment | This seems to have another meaning. "Whereabouts" seems more accurate when the word is used with 不明, i.e. 行方不明 (missing).
This came up when translating this phrase: 禁断の恋の行方を描いた |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Roselle |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 知覚品質 |
| Reading 1 | ちかくひんしつ |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | perceived quality |
| Reference | From ALC |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 読話 |
| Reading 1 | どくわ |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | lip reading |
| English 2 | lipreading |
| English 3 | speech reading |
| English 4 | speechreading |
| Cross-reference | 読唇術 |
| Reference | http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/茯����茵� |
| Comment | どくわ is lipreading as it is used in the deaf community, whereas どくしんじゅつ is the kind of lipreading you would expect a spy to make use of. Another word 口話 こうわ or 口話法 こうわほう also means "lipreading" but in a more general sense (it is also used to refer to "mouthing" of words by non-deaf speakers), and it is sometimes used to explain what どくわ is to people unfamiliar with the term. |
| Name | Gavin MacDonald |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 接骨院 [せっこついん] /orthopedic clinic/WI1/ |
| Headword 1 | 接骨院 |
| Reading 1 | せっこついん |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | bonesetter's clinic |
| English 2 | orthopedic clinic |
| Reference | gg5 |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | scott |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 仄声 [そくせい] /(n) the four tones of Chinese/ (2276220) |
| Headword 1 | 仄声 |
| Reading 1 | そくせい |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | the three tones of Chinese that exclude the high-level, or first, tone (a generic name for second, rising tone, third, falling-rising tone, and fourth, falling tone) |
| Reference | 明鏡国語辞典(Meikyo)（大修館書店）
(c) Kitahara Yasuo and Taishukan 2002-2004 (accessed on a Casio SD-T4100 electronic dictionary) Entry: 仄声（そくせい） 漢字の四声のうち、上声（じょうしょう）・去声（きょしょう）・入声（にっしょう）の総称。 ＞何らかの変化のある声調で、変化のない「平声（ひょうしょう）」に対する。 |
| Comment | It appears that 仄声 refers not to the four tones of Chinese, as the initial entry stated, but only to the three characterized by a change of pitch, in contrast to the level tone, 平声。 |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Haitham |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 虫ゴム |
| Reading 1 | むしごむ |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | a piece of rubber used in bicycle tires that temper the input and output of air |
| Reference | http://www.setuyaku-kenkyuusho.com/tire [musigomu] .html |
| Comment | i would like to know how this should be said in english |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment | Probably "valve rubber". That what my Kagaku jiten says, and Google images confirm this. |