New Entries/Amendments for 2009-09-23

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.
Headword 1翔歌
Reading 1しょうか
Part-of-speechs
English 1Shouka
Referencehttp://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/翔歌トリ
NameName
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Current Entry物知り [ものしり] /(n) well-informed person/walking dictionary/extensive knowledge/ (1642090)
Headword 1物知り
Headword 2もの知り
Reading 1ものしり
Part-of-speechn
English 1well-informed person
English 2walking dictionary
English 3extensive knowledge
CommentThere's another redundant entry for 物識り. Not sure it's correct.
Other language optioneng
NameScott
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment Merged 物知り and 物識り (as in Dajirin & Koujien)


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Current Entry青空文庫 [あおぞらぶんこ] /(?) ???/RH/
Headword 1青空文庫
Reading 1あおぞらぶんこ
Part-of-speechn
English 1Aozora Bunko (digital library)
Other language optioneng
NameScott
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Current Entry他称 [たしょう] /(n) {ling} third person/ (1407180)
Headword 1他称
Reading 1たしょう
Part-of-speechn
English 1{ling} Tierce personne
ReferenceEdict version
Languageselected
Other language optionfre
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment Good to see this being used.


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Current Entry突然 [とつぜん] /(adj-na)(adj-no)(adv)(n) soudain/
Headword 1突然
Reading 1とつぜん
Part-of-speechadj-na
English 1(adj-no)(adv)(n) soudain, inattendu , (tout) d'un coup, brusque
CommentCompleting the amendement with further translations adapted from the EDICT version
Other language optioneng
Namemno
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment You forgot to select "French". I moved this one over by hand.

Current Entryオファー;オッファー /(n,vs) (also written 乙波) offer/ (1034610)
Headword 1オファー
Headword 2オッファー
Part-of-speechn,vs
English 1(également écrit 乙波) offre
Languageselected
Other language optionfre
Namemno
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Headword 1やんか
Part-of-speechexp
English 1(ksb:) questioning (something)
Referencekoj
Commenti copied this from the entry for じゃないか... don't know if i really care for it
NameRene Malenfant
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Headword 1こと
Part-of-speechconj
English 1also known as (used in reverse order in Japanese, i.e., nickname first, followed by こと, then formal name)
ReferenceThis is an expression i learned from reading other people's introductions, and i also found the following usage samples in EIJIRO:
1)マーちゃん”ことデビット・マシューズさんは、アメリカのケンタッキーで生まれた。
2)「YAWARAちゃん」こと田村亮子さんと、プロ野球オリックス・ブルーウェーブの谷佳知選手が来秋に結婚することを発表しました。
CommentI hope someone has a more succinct explanation as to how to extract the meaning from this expression in context. :-)
NameHendrik
Submission Typenew
Editorial Comment

Current Entry広い(P);弘い [ひろい] /(adj-i) spacious/vast/wide/(P)/ (1278410)
Headword 1広い
Headword 2弘い
Headword 3廣い
Headword 4宏い
Reading 1ひろい
Part-of-speechadj-i
English 1spacious
English 2vast
English 3wide
Reference広辞苑 and daij
Other language optioneng
NameScott
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment

Current Entry丹塗り [にぬり] /(n,adj-no,vs) painting red/vermillion lacquering/ (1416980)
Headword 1丹塗り
Headword 2丹塗
Reading 1にぬり
Part-of-speechn,adj-no,vs
English 1painting red
English 2vermillion lacquering
Referencedaij
Other language optioneng
NameScott
Submission Typeamend
Editorial Comment