| I've attached some thoughts below the fold. Cheers, Rene Agreed. I recommend setting the criterion either as being 'designated city': Perhaps also including 'core cities' if you are feeling generous: Together with Tokyo, those should cover all the major Japanese city names anyone is likely to come across. Yes. I don't think it's necessary. The list is too expansive, unless we specifically limit it to states/provinces of English-speaking countries (it is a J-E dictionary after all). Deities and other major religious figures or characters (e.g., Mohammad, Gautama, Virgin Mary), perhaps not from all religions but definitely from the Abrahamic faiths and Japanese religions. A select number of extremely important historical figures known by pretty much everyone worldwide (Gandhi, Einstein, Darwin, Confucius, Hitler, Shakespeare, Beethoven, etc.) by judgment. Perhaps the names of the current Japanese emperor, Japanese prime minister, U.S. president and other leaders of English-speaking (and/or G8) nations. I'd say that consistency of inclusion criteria should trump the grandfather clause. Speaking of which, the criteria above omit other non-person, non-place proper nouns (e.g., company names, book names, trademarked). Thus far, the names of most religious texts have found their way into EDICT itself. I guess most others should be banished to ENAMDICT unless they're things that have found their way into English like 'Pokemon'. |