Re: [edict-jmdict] (P) word removal candidate

[Jim Breen <Jim.Breen@**********************>]

[Pawel Szymczykowski (Re: [edict-jmdict] (P) word removal candidate) writes:]
>> On 8/7/06, Jim Breen <Jim.Breen@infotech.monash.edu.au> wrote:
>> > [Dennis Schrader (Re: [edict-jmdict] (P) word removal candidate) writes:]
>> > >> Fully agree. Who in the world is "Jenkins" and why have I never heard of him/her in Japan.
>> 
>> Could it be Charles Jenkins, the US deserter that was living in North
>> Korea with Hitomi Soga, one of kidnapped Japanese hostages from the
>> 70's? He was all over the news in Japan a year or two ago.

Ahhhh, Yes. Of course. He was indeed all over the news.

>> How often are the newspaper words updated? I'm a bit curious because I
>> always thought the newspaper word list was pretty dated.

It is dated, but Japanese newspapers are very iffy about allowing
access to their archives without first being handed large bundles of
Yen. The collection used for that ranking was made available for
research use quite a few years back, but it's still being used.

Jim

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