RE: [edict-jmdict] Future EDICT/JMdict, etc. maintenance system

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

[Stuart McGraw (RE: [edict-jmdict] Future EDICT/JMdict, etc. maintenance system) writes:]
>> Jim Breen wrote:
>> 
>> > At present about 3% of entries have 2 or more senses marked.
>> 
>> But what is the likely number after senses that need it have been split?

Compared to a lot of languages written Japanese is not highly polysemous.
The various meanings of, for example, こうじょう are broken up into
different entries by the kanji forms: 工場, 恒常, etc.

The degree to which glosses are split or clumped is really a matter
of style and taste. Some Japanese dictionaries overdo it, and others
only break out senses for quite strong differences. My feeling is we may
be looking at 10% at max.

Jim


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