| Current Entry | リフォームプラン /(n) reform plan/ (1142540) |
| Headword 1 | リフォームプラン |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | renovation plan (wasei: reform plan) |
| Comment | I'm pretty sure this always refers to renovating houses, etc. |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | リフティング /(n) lifting/WI1/ |
| Headword 1 | リフティング |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | football juggling (wasei: lifting) |
| English 2 | soccer ball juggling |
| Comment | Soccer ball juggling sounds stupid, but I guess it's necessary for our American friends ;-) "Football juggling" is the form I've heard everywhere else in the world, and it also gets a lot more Google hits, so I put it in first. |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | リップクリーム /(n) lip cream/ (1141890) |
| Headword 1 | リップクリーム |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | lip balm (wasei: lip cream) |
| English 2 | chapstick |
| Comment | Lip balm leads chapstick 3M to 0.8M googits. Chapstick is actually a trademark, but it has become genericized and can now refer to any lip balm products. |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | リフォームインストラクター /(n) reform instructor/ (1142530) |
| Headword 1 | リフォームインストラクター |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | renovation specialist (wasei: reform instructor) |
| Reference | 48,900 for "renovation specialist"
3,210 for "renovation designer" 8 for "renovation instructor" 66 for "reform instructor" |
| Comment | good god I hate these wasei. I'm not a native English speaker, but "reform instructor" has got to be wrong.
I chose *not* to include "renovation designer" because although it gets a few thousand hits, most of the first hits are for sentences like "bathroom renovation - designer furniture" and "interior wall renovation / designer wall finish". |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | モーニングサービス /(n) cheaper than usual breakfast combination (wasei: morning service)/ (1134690) |
| Headword 1 | モーニングサービス |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | breakfast special (wasei: morning service) |
| English 2 | cheaper than usual breakfast combination |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | セット /(n,vs) set/(P)/ (1074600) |
| Headword 1 | セット |
| Part-of-speech | n,vs |
| English 1 | set |
| English 2 | a set meal |
| Reference | ビッグマックセット |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 芋焼酎 [いもじょうちゅう] /(?) ???/RH/ |
| Headword 1 | 芋焼酎 |
| Reading 1 | いもじょうちゅう |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | potato shochu (distilled liquor) |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | フォトグラファー /(n) photographer/ (1110600) |
| Headword 1 | フォトグラファー |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | photographer |
| Comment | Audio clip says フォトグラフィー not フォトグラファー. |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | I have reported this as an error. |
| Current Entry | アイスキャンディー;アイスキャンデー /(n) ice candy/frozen treat similar to a Popsicle/ (1922900) |
| Headword 1 | アイスキャンディー |
| Headword 2 | アイスキャンデー |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | ice pop (wasei: ice candy) |
| English 2 | popsicle |
| Comment | another wasei. popsicle is a trademark yes, but it's also become genericized. |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | Do Americans say "ice pop"? Sounds odd to me. |
| Current Entry | サンオイル /(n) suntan oil/ (1058220) |
| Headword 1 | サンオイル |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | sunscreen (wasei: sun oil) |
| English 2 | sunblock |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | プラスα;＋α [プラスアルファ] /(n) a little more than usual (wasei: plus alpha)/bribe money added to a regular fee/ (1115640) |
| Headword 1 | プラスα |
| Headword 2 | ＋α |
| Reading 1 | プラスアルファ |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | a little more than usual (wasei: plus alpha) |
| English 2 | bribe money added to a regular fee |
| English 3 | and then some |
| Comment | added "and then some". Especially heard in English at the end of sentences. |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | ブックカバー /(n) book cover/ (1113430) |
| Headword 1 | ブックカバー |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | dust jacket (wasei: book cover) |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | I think "book cover" is also used in English. |
| Current Entry | モデルガン /(n) model gun/(P)/ (1135280) |
| Headword 1 | モデルガン |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | toy gun (wasei: model gun) |
| English 2 | cap gun |
| Comment | btw I'm getting most of these from http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/和製英語
There are still many I haven't dared touch yet. |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | I have gone through the wiki page for 和製英語. Quite a few are not really 和製英語; more odd meanings of real English. Anyone want to venture an entry for "オリジナルビデオ、Vシネマ、DVDドラマ、OV"?? |
| Current Entry | リフォーム /(n,vs) makeover (from reform)/renovation (e.g. a house)/updating/(P)/ (1142520) |
| Headword 1 | リフォーム |
| Part-of-speech | n,vs |
| English 1 | renovation (wasei: reform) |
| English 2 | redecoration |
| English 3 | makeover |
| English 4 | updating |
| Comment | probably best to put it this way |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | ナイーブ /(adj-na,n) naive/(P)/ (1089660) |
| Headword 1 | ナイーブ |
| Part-of-speech | adj-na,n |
| English 1 | naive |
| English 2 | sensitive |
| Reference | ナイーブ
日本語では「繊細」、「素直」と言った中立的な意味で用いられるが、英語では【sensitive】が一般的である。英語の【naive】は、「世間知らず」、「お人よし」、「馬鹿正直」といった否定的な意味で用いられる。もっとも、英語の【naive】にも「純朴な」という意味があるため、かならずしも否定的なニュアンスで用いられるとは限らない。因みに、元はフランス語で（naïve）、英語にとっても外来語である。 |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | I expanded this quite a lot. |
| Headword 1 | ポエマー |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | poet (wasei: poemer) |
| Comment | I feel dirty. |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | メーカーオプション /(n) maker option (factory-installed option)/ (1925160) |
| Headword 1 | メーカーオプション |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | factory option (wasei: maker option) |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | メーカ(P);メーカー(P) /(n) maker/(P)/ (1132420) |
| Headword 1 | メーカー |
| Headword 2 | メーカ |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | manufacturer |
| English 2 | maker |
| Comment | メーカー is far more common than メーカ so swap them around.
I really want to mark "maker" wasei, but I guess it's common enough to stay as a translation. "Manufacturer" is far more understandable however. |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 複母音 [ふくぼおん] /(n) diphthong/ (2425680) |
| Headword 1 | 複母音 |
| Reading 1 | ふくぼいん |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | diphthong |
| Comment | correct boon -> boin |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 重複母音 [じゅうふくぼおん] /(n) geminate vowel/ (2425690) |
| Headword 1 | 重複母音 |
| Reading 1 | じゅうふくぼいん |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | geminate vowel |
| Comment | well then this one too
The correct form gets scarcely two or three google hits, but that can be expected of obscure linguistic terms. |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 分科会 [ぶんかかい] /(n) subcommittee meeting/subworking group/(P)/ (1503180) |
| Headword 1 | 分科会 |
| Reading 1 | ぶんかかい |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | subcommittee meeting |
| English 2 | subworking group |
| English 3 | subcommittee |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | 陳 景文 |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 肝を据える [きもをすえる] /(exp) to with determination/ (2103130) |
| Headword 1 | 肝を据える |
| Reading 1 | きもをすえる |
| Part-of-speech | exp |
| English 1 | to do with determination |
| Comment | Changing definition to make a bit more sense, as "to with determination" is not grammatical. Or perhaps "to ~ with determination" would be better. |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Alan Loera |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 作成 [さくせい] /(n,vs) framing/drawing up/making/producing/creating/preparing/writing/(P)/ (1297760) |
| Headword 1 | 作成 |
| Reading 1 | さくせい |
| Part-of-speech | n,vs |
| English 1 | framing |
| English 2 | drawing up |
| English 3 | making |
| English 4 | producing |
| English 5 | creating |
| English 6 | preparing |
| English 7 | writing |
| English 8 | creation |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | 陳 景文 |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 認め [みとめ] /(n) approval/final seal (of approval)/(P)/ (1611790) |
| Headword 1 | 認め |
| Reading 1 | みとめ |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | approval |
| English 2 | final seal (of approval) |
| English 3 | accepted |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | 陳 景文 |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | "accepted" is a verb. I think "acceptance" is the one. |
| Current Entry | 実務 [じつむ] /(n) practical business/practical work experience/practicum/(P)/ (1321460) |
| Headword 1 | 実務 |
| Reading 1 | じつむ |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | practical business |
| English 2 | practical work experience |
| English 3 | practicum |
| English 4 | practice |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | 陳 景文 |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 一本眉 |
| Reading 1 | いっぽんまゆ |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | unibrow |
| English 2 | monobrow |
| Reference | http://ethno-mania.at.webry.info/200807/article_3.html (search in-page for 一本眉)
other google hits can be found as well not found in kokugo dictionaries, but the reading is quite obvious |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 鎮魂歌 |
| Reading 1 | ちんこんか |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | Requiem. |
| Reference | http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/��������ゃ����� |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |