Re: [edict-jmdict] Can a yojijukugo be a proverb?

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

On 14 May 2014 14:33, Darren Cook darren@dcook.org [edict-jmdict]
<edict-jmdict@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>> I might as well. I also wondered about "Go", but it doesn't occur that
>> often.
>
> If someone wants to add them, this is a reliable and comprehensive source:
>   http://senseis.xmp.net/?JapaneseGoTerms

Nice list. If anyone wanted to go through them there are some terms
worth adding.

> Just skimming that list, some are just standard Japanese (e.g. 予選 as a
> stage of a knock-out tournament), not go terms, so it needs a bit of
> filtering. Also, generally, if a katakana and a kanji version are shown,
> it is the katakana version that is always used. (E.g. ko is always
> written コウ, never 劫.)

I see we have that sense marked "uk". It's a nuisance structurally when
one sense is predominantly in katakana.

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Congratulations on that, BTW.

Jim

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Jim Breen
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