Re: [edict-jmdict] Extra fields

[René Malenfant <rene_malenfant@***********>]

On 2012-04-10, at 3:42 AM, Darren Cook wrote:

 

When you say "pretty much everything" and "most" are there any
exceptions? Should the exceptions be noted somehow? (Or, can the
exceptions be described algorithmically, e.g. based on previous vowel
sound?)

Again, I'm not an expert, but I think the ones that lack archaic verb equivalents in dictionaries are just neologisms (e.g., a 'new' [v5s] that hasn't been around long enough to have had a [v4s]), so I don't think there's an algorithmic way of doing it.

I think we can pass on the exceptions for the moment.  AFAIK, there aren't many and archaic Japanese isn't that much of a priority.  Eventually, I'd add (for example) [v4s] to all non-exceptional [v5s] entries.  Then I'd hide the [v4s] from the end-user by default in order to reduce clutter that 99.9% of users don't care about.  (Adding and then hiding by default is the same approach I've suggested for handling obsolete kanji and kana forms.)

Rene