New Entries/Amendments for 2009-06-16

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: 16 June.
Current Entryブラザー /(n) (obsc) brother/ (2397330)
Headword 1ブラザー
Part-of-speechn
English 1brother
ReferenceSee below.
CommentI am wondering if the (obsc) is correct with over 3m hits on Google.
Other language optioneng
NameFrancis
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment A bit of a saga. Search for ブラザー in http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/dicsubs/PreviousYears/2008-06/subs2008-06-15.html and http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/dicsubs/PreviousYears/2008-07/subs2008-07-01.html

Current Entryグルフバッグ /(n) golf bag/ (1047450)
Headword 1グルフバッグ
Part-of-speechn
English 1golf bag
Commentthere's already ゴルフバッグ. this gets 6 legit hits that i can see, and i'd write them off as typos.
Other language optioneng
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entryグルフコース /(n) golf course/ (1047440)
Headword 1グルフコース
Part-of-speechn
English 1golf course
Commentlikewise
Other language optioneng
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry我が身 [わがみ] /(n) myself/oneself/ (1196690)
Headword 1我が身
Headword 2わが身
Reading 1わがみ
Part-of-speechn
English 1myself
English 2oneself
Other language optioneng
NameName
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment


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Current Entryサーコート /(n) surcoat/WI1/
Headword 1サーコート
Part-of-speechn
English 1surcoat
Referencedaij
Other language optioneng
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment


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Current Entryサードベースコーチ /(n) third base coach/WI1/
Headword 1サードベース
Part-of-speechn
English 1third base
Referenceinfo
Other language optioneng
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment


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Current Entryサーバル /(n) serval/WI1/
Headword 1サーバル
Part-of-speechn
English 1serval (Felis serval)
Referenceinfo
Other language optioneng
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment


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Current Entryサーム /therm/WI1/
Headword 1サーム
Part-of-speechn
English 1therm
Referenceinfo
Other language optioneng
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment


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Current Entryサーモグラフィー /(n) Thermography/WI1/
Headword 1サーモグラフィー
Part-of-speechn
English 1thermography
Referencekoj
Other language optioneng
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Current Entryサービス /(n,vs,adj-no) (1) service/support system/(2) goods or services without charge/(P)/ (1055000)
Headword 1サービス
Headword 2サーヴィス
Part-of-speechn,vs,adj-no
English 1(1) service
English 2support system
English 3(2) goods or services without charge
Referenceinfo
Other language optioneng
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment


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Headword 1消化
Reading 1しょうか
Part-of-speechn
Part-of-speechvs
Part-of-speechadj-no
English 1(1) digestion
English 2(2) thorough understanding
English 3(3) selling accumulated (excess) products
English 4dealing with a large amount of work
English 5(4) losing one's form and turning into something else
Referencehttp://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=消化&dtype=0&dname=0na&stype=0&pagenum=1&index=10450808954200
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry揉み手 [もみで] /(n) rubbing one's hands together/ (1567570)
Headword 1揉み手
Headword 2もみ手
Reading 1もみで
Part-of-speechn
English 1rubbing one's hands together
Other language optioneng
NameName
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Headword 1もみ手で頼む
Headword 2揉み手で頼む
Reading 1もみででたのむ
Part-of-speechexp
English 1supplicate
English 2implore humbly
Referencegg5
Namescott
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment


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Current Entryリマインダー /reminder/WI1/
Headword 1リマインダー
Headword 2リマインダ
Part-of-speechn
English 1reminder
Referencegoogle
Other language optioneng
Namescott
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Current Entry瞑想(P);冥想 [めいそう] /(n,vs) meditation/contemplation/(P)/ (1569910)
Headword 1瞑想
Headword 2冥想
Headword 2めい想
Reading 1めいそう
Part-of-speechn,vs
English 1meditation
English 2contemplation
CommentAdded the third (not uncommon) reading to have this entry come up also when someone inputs a text containing this reading.
Other language optioneng
NameHendrik
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment


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Current Entry琴鳥 [ことどり;コトドリ] /(n) (uk) superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)/TempSUB/
Headword 1琴鳥
Reading 1ことどり
Reading 2コトドリ
Part-of-speechn
English 1(uk) superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)
English 2TempSUB
Commentno amendment, but if you haven't seen this video, it's amazing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuFyqzerHS8

another amazing aussie bird video
http://www.babelgum.com/html/clip.php?clipId=135791
Other language optioneng
NameName
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment Yes, they sound amazing. You can tell a lyrebird's sound immediately because (a) they are very loud, (b) the repertoire changing all the time.

Current Entry次子 [じし] /(n) the next child/ (1316540)
Headword 1次子
Reading 1じし
Part-of-speechn
English 1the next child
English 2the second child
Other language optioneng
NameName
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment


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Current Entryその時以来 [?] /(adv) sinsyne/thenceforth/thenceforward/thenceforwards/from that point (on (forward))/since that time/WI4/
Headword 1その時以来
Reading 1そのときいらい
Part-of-speechadv
English 1from that point (on (forward))
English 2since that time
ReferenceW14
CommentIn W14 we also find "thenceforth" and "thenceforward, which have (unfortunately, since they are very clear and descriptive) fallen out of use, as well as "sinsyne" (Middle English, maybe still understood in Scotland?) - if i may suggest, none of these terms (as much as i like them myself) are needed by any contemporary user of the the database...
Other language optioneng
NameHendrik
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment I did one of my own yesterday. If you are quick you can see both at: http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1MUJ%E3%81%9D%E3%81%AE%E6%99%82%E4%BB%A5%E6%9D%A5