| Current Entry | 肖る(oK) [あやかる] /(v5r,vi) to share good luck/ (1351450) |
| Headword 1 | 肖る |
| Reading 1 | あやかる |
| Part-of-speech | v5r,vi |
| English 1 | to share good luck |
| English 2 | to be named after |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Name |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment |
| Current Entry | 掃除 [そうじ] /(n,vs) cleaning/sweeping/(P)/ (1399790) |
| Headword 1 | 掃除 |
| Reading 1 | そうじ |
| Part-of-speech | n,vs |
| English 1 | cleaning |
| English 2 | sweeping |
| Reference | See below. |
| Comment | I have no problem with the above.
I am however wondering about this: If the novice searches for "掃除する", the headword, above, does not seem to come up. I had understood that starting from the beginning of the "search text", the search would find the nearest match. Therefore, I thought that searching for "掃除する" would get me to the above headword, but it did not. The Part-of-speech, tells me that the entry is "vs", but that is after I have found the headword. The following entries do give a partial answer as part of a wider text entry:- 掃除すること 【そうじすること】 cleanout; WI1 掃除するのが大変だ 【そうじするのがたいへんだ】 be hard to keep clean; WI3 However, that is not quite the same as a pure search result. Also the main search did reveal many combination where "掃除" forms a part; and that is very useful, but .... The point is that the novice may consider that "掃除する" is the logical thing to search for on your site and it seems to me that "掃除" (vs) should come up directly from that search. I hope that this comment is helpful. |
| Other language option | eng |
| Name | Francis |
| Submission Type | amend |
| Editorial Comment | If you search for 掃除する, the 掃除 entry comes up but it is down the list somewhat. Selecting the "Limit matching to the start of words (kanji keys only)" option makes the 掃除 come first. This is where you need to be a bit canny with the interface. WWWJDIC tries to make exact matches come up first, but if you ask for "掃除する" (which is not there) it defaults to all entries in which the longest match can be made (i.e. 掃除), in a not-very-useful order. |
| Headword 1 | いく日か |
| Reading 1 | いくにちか |
| Part-of-speech | exp |
| English 1 | some days |
| Reference | See below. |
| Comment | The site includes the following:-
幾日も 【いくにちも】 (n) (See 何日も, 幾 .いく) for many days; for some days 幾日も幾日も; いく日もいく日も 【いくにちもいくにちも】 (adv) (See 幾日も) day after day; for many days The above submission appears in text [including children's stories, in the context of say "after some days had passed by"] so it seems a useful addition to the site. |
| Name | Francis |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment | Daijirin has: "そう多くない日数。何日か。「―は雨の日もあった」" |
| Headword 1 | 築浅 |
| Reading 1 | ちくあさ |
| Part-of-speech | adj-no |
| English 1 | Relatively new [of a building]. |
| Reference | http://realestate.homes.co.jp/pickup/issue/tk=1/cid=selection/aid=013/sbrt=2/o=54hrPaYgea7YcM/
「全国で探す新築・築浅の不動産！ | マイホームHOME'S」 |
| Name | Susan Mast |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 脱官僚 |
| Reading 1 | だつかんりょう |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | debureaucratization |
| English 2 | curtailing the power of the bureaucracy |
| Reference | A neologism coined by Diet member Yoshimi Watanabe
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/keyword/脱・官僚 |
| Comment | Since there is no established English terminology yet, my suggestion could probably be improved upon |
| Name | Hendrik |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment | English works for me. |
| Headword 1 | 派遣切り |
| Reading 1 | はけんきり |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | downsizing by laying off part-time and temp workers |
| Reference | A neologism coined by Shuuichirou Sekine, boss of the Temp Workers' Union
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/keyword/派遣切り |
| Comment | Since there is no established English term that i can think of (there may well be one, though), i am asking for improvements on my offering |
| Name | Hendrik |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |
| Headword 1 | 向こうみず |
| Reading 1 | むこうみず |
| Part-of-speech | adv |
| English 1 | without paying attention |
| English 2 | without watching where one is going |
| Name | Kurt Hammond |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment | Added to the 向こう見ず entry. |
| Headword 1 | 湧泉 |
| Headword 2 | 涌泉 |
| Reading 1 | ゆうせん |
| Part-of-speech | n |
| English 1 | bubbling or gushing spring |
| English 2 | fountain |
| Reference | http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/srch/all/湧泉/m0u/
http://kotobank.jp/word/湧泉 |
| Name | Hendrik |
| Submission Type | new |
| Editorial Comment |