New Entries/Amendments for 2009-03-06

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: 6 Mar.
Current Entry一貫教育校 [いっかんきょういくこう] /(n) integrated set of schools that offers education from one stage to the next without taking extrance exams en route/ (2232590)
Headword 1一貫教育校
Reading 1いっかんきょういくこう
Part-of-speechn
English 1integrated set of schools that offers education from one stage to the next without taking entrance exams en route
Other language optioneng
NameName
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment Amendment??


(0)
Current Entry符号付きの [ふごうつきの] /(adj) signed/WI1/
Headword 1符号付き
Headword 2符号付
Reading 1ふごうつき
Part-of-speechadj-no
English 1{comp} signed
Referencehttp://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/膃垬医よ;
CommentI think this could be 'promoted'. It is very commonly used in compound words.
Other language optioneng
NameName
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Current Entry兵曹長 [へいそうちょう] /(n) chief warrant-officer/ (1506570)
Headword 1兵曹長
Reading 1へいそうちょう
Part-of-speechn
English 1(Japanese Imperial Navy) chief warrant officer
ReferenceJapanese Wikipedia
Comment1. Should have the "obs" tag added, as the Japanese Imperial Navy no longer exists
2. This entry should also have a cross reference to 准尉, the modern term for warrant officer, as used in the JSDF
Other language optioneng
Namelinguist
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry准尉 [じゅんい] /(n) warrant-officer/ (1341290)
Headword 1准尉
Reading 1じゅんい
Part-of-speechn
English 1warrant officer
CommentThe hyphen in the current entry is superfluous
Other language optioneng
Namelinguist
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Headword 1上級准尉
Reading 1じょうきゅうじゅんい
Part-of-speechn
English 1chief warrant officer
Cross-reference准尉
ReferenceJapanese Wikipedia, JSDF materials
Namelinguist
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment


(0)
Current Entry理事長 [ひろみ] /Hiromi (u)/NA/
Headword 1理事長
Reading 1ひろみ
Part-of-speech?
English 1Hiromi (u)
English 2NA
CommentIt's hard to imagine that this is really pronounced "Hiromi".
Other language optioneng
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment It does strain the imagination. I'll zap it.

Current Entry拙宅 [せったく] /(n) (hum) humble reference to one's home/ (1779080)
Headword 1拙宅
Reading 1せったく
Part-of-speechn
English 1(hum) humble reference to one's home
English 2one's humble abode
Other language optioneng
NameName
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry陋屋 [ろうおく] /(n) cramped home/one's humble abode/ (1840940)
Headword 1陋屋
Reading 1ろうおく
Part-of-speechn
English 1cramped home
English 2one's humble abode
English 3hovel
English 4pigsty
English 5cottage
English 6squalid hut
Other language optioneng
NameName
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Headword 1更生保護
Reading 1こうせいほご
Part-of-speechn
English 1rehabilitation
English 2social readjustment
English 3aftercare
English 4parole
NameName
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Current Entry玉虫色 [たまむしいろ] /(n,adj-no) (1) iridescent/(2) equivocal/ambivalent/(P)/ (1240650)
Headword 1玉虫色
Reading 1たまむしいろ
Part-of-speechn,adj-no
English 1(1) iridescent
English 2(2) equivocal
English 3ambivalent
English 4(3) variable meaning
English 5weasel-word
English 6chameleonic interpretation
Other language optioneng
NameName
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment I suspect these just extend sense 2.