New Entries/Amendments for 2009-09-21

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: 9 Oct.
Current Entryみかん箱;ミカン箱 [みかんばこ(みかん箱);ミカンはこ(ミカン箱)] /(n) cardboard box for tangerines/ (2272130)
Headword 1みかん箱
Headword 2ミカン箱
Reading 1みかんばこ
Reading 2ミカンはこ
Part-of-speechn
English 1cardboard box for mandarin oranges
Commentfix the english meaning to match mikan (tangerine is a misnomer)
Other language optioneng
NameName
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry固まる [かたまる] /(v5r,vi) to harden/to solidify/to become firm/to become certain/(P)/ (1266550)
Headword 1固まる
Reading 1かたまる
Part-of-speechv5r,vi
English 11) to harden; to solidify
English 22) to become firm; to become certain
English 33) to gather (together); to assemble; to huddle together
Referencegg5, koujien, daijirin etc
Other language optioneng
NameDavid Ranvig
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment


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Headword 1ツイッター
Part-of-speechn
English 1Twitter
Referencehttp://dic.yahoo.co.jp/search?stype=0&ei=UTF-8&dtype=2&p=ツイッター
http://www.google.com/search?q=ツイッター
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Headword 1ゆうこりん
Part-of-speechf
English 1diminutive of Yuuko
Referencewiki
NameName
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment


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Current Entry乳糖不耐症 [にゅうとうふたいしょう] /lactose intolerance/WI1/
Headword 1乳糖不耐症
Reading 1にゅうとうふたいしょう
Part-of-speechn
English 1lactose intolerance
Referencewiki
Other language optioneng
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Current Entry外交的 [がいこうてき] /(adj-na) diplomatic/ (1203580)
Headword 1外交的
Reading 1がいこうてき
Part-of-speechadj-na
English 1diplomatic
English 1extrovert
Other language optioneng
NameName
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment Eh?


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Current Entry外向的 [がいこうてき] /(adj-na) extravert/WI1/
Headword 1外向的
Reading 1がいこうてき
Part-of-speechadj-na
English 1extroverted
English 2outgoing
Referencegg5
CommentThis is what you were looking for
Other language optioneng
NameScott
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment Much better.

Current Entry目を細める [めをほそめる] /(exp) to smile with one's whole face/to squint/ (2152320)
Headword 1目を細める
Reading 1めをほそめる
Part-of-speechexp,v5r
English 1(1) to close one's eyes partly
English 2(2) to squint one's eyes
English 3(3) to smile with one's whole face
English 4to look fondly at
Referencegg5, daijirin
Other language optioneng
NameScott
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment I think the first two senses are the same.

Current Entry目を細めて [めをほそめて] /(exp) (See 目を細める) through half-closed eyes/with one's eyes half-closed/ (2517010)
Headword 1目を細めて
Reading 1めをほそめて
Part-of-speechexp
English 1(See 目を細める) through half-closed eyes
English 2with one's eyes half-closed
CommentI submitted this a while ago saying that it "seems different from 目を細める". Looking again at gg5 and daij I see that it is not. Please delete.
Other language optioneng
NameScott
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry踏み締める [ふみしめる] /(v1,vt) to step firmly/to harden by treading/ (1450200)
Headword 1踏み締める
Headword 2踏みしめる
Reading 1ふみしめる
Part-of-speechv1,vt
English 1to step firmly
English 2to harden by treading
Other language optioneng
NameScott
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment