New Entries/Amendments for 2009-06-24

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: 24 June.
Current Entry掠れる [かすれる] /(v1,vi) to be grazed/to touch/to chip/ (1551930)
Headword 1掠れる
Reading 1かすれる
Part-of-speechv1,vi
English 1to be grazed
English 2to touch
English 3to chip
English 4to crack (voice)
Other language optioneng
NameName
Submission Typeamend
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Current Entry絶待 [ぜつだい] /(?) ???/RH/
Headword 1絶待
Reading 1ぜつだい
Reading 2ぜったい
Part-of-speechn
English 1(See 相待) {Buddh} absoluteness
English 2incomparability
English 3supremacy
Referencekoj, daij, ddofbud
Commentmeikyo lists as the original writing of 絶対, so it could be merged, but it'd probably be messy
Other language optioneng
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typenew
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Current Entry相待 [そうだい] /(?) ???/RH/
Headword 1相待
Reading 1そうだい
Part-of-speechn
English 1(See 絶待) {Buddh} existing in opposition or interdependence
Referencekoj, daij, ddofbud
Other language optioneng
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typenew
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Headword 1ダチ
Part-of-speechn
Misccol
English 1friend (abbreviation of 友達)
Referenceyahoo
Namescott
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Headword 1境界性人格障害
Reading 1きょうかいせいじんかくしょうがい
Part-of-speechn
English 1borderline personality disorder, BPD
Referencehttp://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/紜т査守絎
NameRaph
Submission Typenew
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Current Entry査読 [さどく] /(n,vs) investigative reading/research/ (1291460)
Headword 1査読
Reading 1さどく
Part-of-speechn,vs
English 1peer review
ReferenceWJ:
Jpn: 査読 Eng: peer review, referee

eij:
• 査読 referee reading
• 査読者〔学術論文・報告書などの法的・文法的な〕referee
• 同分野の専門家たちの査読 peer review

wiki: 査読(さどく、Peer Review)
Commenti think this should be 'peer review'
Other language optioneng
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment It should.

Headword 1人格障害
Reading 1じんかくしょうがい
Part-of-speechn
English 1personality disorder
Referencehttp://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:篋堺守絎
NameName
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Current Entry立体 [りったい] /(n,adj-no) solid body/three-dimensional object/(P)/ (1551740)
Headword 1立体
Reading 1りったい
Part-of-speechn,adj-no
English 1(1) solid body
English 2three-dimensional object
English 3multi-level
English 4(2) (abbr) (See 立体駐車場) multi-storey car parking
CommentAdd "multi-level". (Like in 立体交差, 立体道路制度)

Add (2): Sometimes 立体駐車場 is abbreviated to simply 立体. Google for "立体に" 駐車.
Other language optioneng
NameName
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment I don't think 立体 really means "multi-level". It's more that the Japanese conceptualize a parking building as a 3-D object (as opposed to a 2-D one.)


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Current Entry所記 [しょき] /(n) (See 能記) {ling} signified/TempSUB/
Headword 1所記
Reading 1しょき
Part-of-speechn
English 1(See 能記) {ling} signified
English 2TempSUB
Commentyeah, it's a noun...

signified, ppl. a. (n.)
B. absol. as n. That which is indicated; Linguistics and Semiotics = SIGNIFIÉ (opp. SIGNIFIER b).


i'm not sure about the adj-no on this or 能記, but it doesn't seem unreasonable
Other language optioneng
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typeamend
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Headword 1経油
Reading 1けいゆ
Part-of-speechn
English 1diesel oil
English 2light oil
English 3gazoline
Referencehttp://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/経油

軽油(けいゆ)とは、原油から精製される石油製品の一種で、主としてディーゼルエンジンの燃料として使用され、その用途のものはディーゼル燃料ともいう。軽油の名は、重油に対応して付けられたもので、「軽自動車用の燃料」という意味ではない。
Name Christophe Louargant
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment Hmmm. The word is 軽油, as in your quote. That Wikipedia page doesn't exist! (軽油 is already an entry.)

Current Entry軽油 [けいゆ] /(n) (1) diesel oil/(2) light oil/gasoline/petrol/(P)/ (1252890)
Headword 1軽油
Reading 1けいゆ
Part-of-speechn
English 1(1) diesel oil/gas oil
English 2(2) light oil
Referencekoj, daijr, daijs, meikyo, wiki
Commentif the oed description of 'light oil' is correct, then it's wrong to put 'gasoline/petrol' as a description:

light oil, any of various fractions of relatively low specific gravity obtained by the distillation of coal-tar, wood-tar, petroleum, etc

and according to all kokugos it seems that 軽油 is supposed to refer to coal-tar light oil in particular:
コールタールの分留によって得られる沸点セ氏170度以下の最も軽い留分。芳香族炭化水素の混合物。ベンゼン・トルエンなどの原料。タール軽油。

perhaps this entry has led people to fill their tanks up with the wrong thing?
Other language optioneng
NameRene Malenfant
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Current Entryディーゼル機関 [ディーゼルきかん] /diesel engine/RW/
Headword 1ディーゼル機関
Reading 1ディーゼルきかん
Part-of-speechn
English 1diesel engine
Referencekoj, daij
Other language optioneng
NameRene Malenfant
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Current Entry機関 [きかん] /(n) (1) mechanism/facility/engine/(2) agency/organisation/institution/organ/(P)/ (1220870)
Headword 1機関
Reading 1きかん
Part-of-speechn
English 1(1) engine
English 2(2) agency
English 3organization/organisation
English 4institution
English 5organ
English 6(3) system
English 7facilities
Commentsense 1 is two senses combined.

prog and new century keep the new senses 2) and 3) together. kokugos keep them apart, which may be a good idea since it will allow you to distinguish 政府機関 from 交通機関
Other language optioneng
NameRene Malenfant
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Current Entry触手動物 [しょくしゅどうぶつ] /(n) lophophorate (now esp. a bryozoan)/TempSUB/
Headword 1触手動物
Reading 1しょくしゅどうぶつ
Part-of-speechn
English 1(See 触手冠動物) tentaculate (a tube worm, moss animal or lampshell)
Commentgg5 led me to do some checking.

tentaculata officially refers to a class of comb jellies, which have nothing to do with 触手動物:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tentaculata
http://www.eol.org/pages/70
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Tentaculata.html
http://data.gbif.org/species/13140966

but it seems that it can also refer to echinoderms (also unrelated to 触手動物):
OED: 2. Of or pertaining to the Tentaculata, or stalked Echinoderms. b. n. A member of the Tentaculata; a pelmatozoan.

finally, it seems that it can also (rarely) refer to lophophorates:
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761556957/tentaculata.html


yahoo encyclopedia lists 触手動物 and 触手冠動物 as synonyms, tentaculata and lophophorata respectively. but tentaculata shouldn't be used w/o note here.
Other language optioneng
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typeamend
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Headword 1触手冠動物
Reading 1しょくしゅかんどうぶつ
Part-of-speechn
Miscobsc
English 1lophophorate (a tube worm, moss animal or lampshell)
Cross-reference触手動物
Referenceyahoo
Commentunfortunate that the rare translation in english is the common one in japanese & vice versa
NameRene Malenfant
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Current Entry触手冠 [?] /lophophore/WI2/
Headword 1触手冠
Reading 1しょくしゅかん
Part-of-speechn
English 1lophophore
Referenceyahoo
Other language optioneng
NameRene Malenfant
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Current Entry性 [せい] /(n) (1) nature (of a person)/(2) sex/(3) gender/(suf) (4) -ty (suffix indicating quality or condition)/-ity/(P)/ (1375260)
Headword 1
Reading 1せい
Part-of-speechn
English 1(1) nature (of a person)
English 2(2) sex
English 3(3) gender
English 4(suf) (4) -ty (suffix indicating quality or condition)
English 5-ity
English 5-ness
Other language optioneng
Submission Typeamend
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Headword 1
Reading 1
Part-of-speechpref
English 1{math} pseudo-
English 2quasi-
Reference数学英和和英辞典
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Current Entry凸 [でこ] /(n) (1) (See お凸) (uk) (sens) brow/forehead/(adj-na) (2) convex/ (2231140)
Headword 1
Reading 1でこ
Reading 1とつ
Part-of-speechn
English 1(1) (See お凸) (uk) (sens) brow
English 2forehead
English 3(adj-na) (2) (とつ) convex
Reference数学英和和英辞典 (for the reading when it means "convex")
Other language optioneng
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment It has to be split if the meanings are tied to readings (GG5, etc. do this.)

Headword 1
Reading 1れつ
Part-of-speechpref
English 1{math} sub-
English 2inferior
English 3minor
Reference数学英和和英辞典
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Current Entry正 [せい] /(n) (1) (logical) true/regular/(2) 10^40/(3) (See 正本) (abbr) original/(P)/ (1376590)
Headword 1
Reading 1せい
Part-of-speechn, adj-no
English 1(1) (logical) true
English 2regular
English 3(2) 10^40
English 4(3) (See 正本) (abbr) original
English 4(4) {math} positive
English 5plus
Reference数学英和和英辞典
Other language optioneng
Submission Typeamend
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Current Entryナビゲータ /(n) {comp} Navigater/ (2315260)
Headword 1ナビゲータ
Part-of-speechn
English 1{comp} Navigater
CommentWhat is a "Navigater"? This entry might be a misspelled reference to "Netscape Navigator" judging from the {comp} tag, but it doesn't seem to make much sense other than as a variant spelling of ナビゲーター.
Other language optioneng
NameJeroen Hoek
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment Zapped.

Current Entry調合 [ちょうごう] /(n,vs) mixing/compounding/ (1429110)
Headword 1調合
Reading 1ちょうごう
Part-of-speechn,vs
English 1mixing
English 2compounding
English 3to fill a prescription
Other language optioneng
NameName
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment I added: "dispensing (e.g. prescription)".