New Entries/Amendments for 2009-06-30

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: 30 June.
Current Entry墨絵 [すみえ] /(n,adj-no) ink painting/(P)/ (1521530)
Headword 1墨絵
Headword 2墨絵風
Reading 1すみえ
Part-of-speechn,adj-no
English 1ink painting
English 2ink painting style
Other language optioneng
NameName
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment 墨絵 and 墨絵風 are different words. The latter is not read "すみえ". This should be a new entry.

Current Entryエナメル質 [エナメルしつ] /(n) enamel/ (1962090)
Headword 1エナメル質
Reading 1エナメルしつ
Part-of-speechn
English 1enamel
English 2tooth enamel, teeth enamel
Other language optioneng
NameName
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment -> (tooth) enamel; adamantine.

Current Entry電撃 [でんげき] /(n) electric shock/(P)/ (1443200)
Headword 1電撃
Reading 1でんげき
Part-of-speechn
English 1(1) electric shock
English 2(2) blitz
English 3lightning attack
Other language optioneng
Namescott
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry劣化 [れっか] /(n,vs) deterioration/degradation/(P)/ (1558420)
Headword 1劣化
Reading 1れっか
Part-of-speechn,vs
English 1deterioration
English 2degradation
English 3drop in quality
Other language optioneng
NameName
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry末端 [まったん] /(n,adj-no) end/tip/extremities/(P)/ (1525530)
Headword 1末端
Reading 1まったん
Part-of-speechn,adj-no
English 1end
English 2tip
English 3extremities
English 4odd (jobs)
Other language optioneng
NameName
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment Reference?

Current Entry人的資源 [じんてきしげん] /(n) man-power resources/ (1368850)
Headword 1人的資源
Reading 1じんてきしげん
Part-of-speechn
English 1man-power resources
English 2human resources
Other language optioneng
NameName
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment


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Current Entry跨道橋 [こどうきょう] /(?) ???/RH/
Headword 1跨道橋
Reading 1こどうきょう
Part-of-speechn
English 1overpass
Referencewp: 跨道橋(こどうきょう)は、道路の上を越えるために設置される橋。

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Other language optioneng
NameName
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Current Entry休暇 [きゅうか] /(n) holiday/day off/furlough/(P)/ (1227610)
Headword 1休暇
Reading 1きゅうか
Part-of-speechn
English 1holiday
English 2day off
English 3furlough
English 4absences
Other language optioneng
Name陳 景文
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry屹度(P);急度 [きっと] /(adv,n) (1) (uk) surely/undoubtedly/certainly/without fail/(2) (arch) sternly/severely/(P)/ (1003430)
Headword 1屹度
Headword 2急度
Reading 1きっと
Part-of-speechadv,n
English 1(1) (uk) surely
English 2undoubtedly
English 3certainly
English 4Most likely (90ure it will happen)
English 5(2) (arch) sternly
English 6severely
ReferenceAsked several japanese people, and all agreed
Commentきっと is only 90ure. Whereas 絶対 is 100ure. This is a subtle nuance but a very important one, and dictionaries I looked at don't explain this
Other language optioneng
NameName
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment I agree. GG5 leads with the "without fail", adding "間違いなく-必ず".

Current Entry様子 [ようす] /(n) aspect/state/appearance/(P)/ (1545820)
Headword 1様子
Reading 1ようす
Part-of-speechn
English 1aspect
English 2state
English 3appearance
English 4scene
Other language optioneng
Name陳 景文
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment I don't see how "scene" fits in. I have expanded the entry.

Current Entry部品 [ぶひん] /(n) parts/accessories/(P)/ (1499480)
Headword 1部品
Reading 1ぶひん
Part-of-speechn
English 1parts
English 2accessories
English 3components
Reference"components": Used as such in various compound words.
Other language optioneng
NameJeroen Hoek
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment