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<entry eid="2220967" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict"> <ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp> <ent_seq>1419690</ent_seq> <k_ele> <keb>断然</keb> <ke_pri>ichi1</ke_pri> <ke_pri>news1</ke_pri> <ke_pri>nf19</ke_pri> </k_ele> <r_ele> <reb>だんぜん</reb> <re_pri>ichi1</re_pri> <re_pri>news1</re_pri> <re_pri>nf19</re_pri> </r_ele> <sense> <pos>&adv;</pos> <pos>&adj-t;</pos> <gloss>firmly</gloss> <gloss>flatly</gloss> <gloss>resolutely</gloss> <gloss>decisively</gloss> <gloss>absolutely</gloss> <gloss>definitely</gloss> </sense> <sense> <pos>&adv;</pos> <gloss>definitely (wrong, different, etc.)</gloss> <gloss>absolutely</gloss> </sense> <sense> <pos>&adv;</pos> <gloss>by far</gloss> <gloss>far and away</gloss> <gloss>by a long shot</gloss> <gloss>hands down</gloss> </sense> <history> <audit time="2016-09-01 13:23:52" stat="A" unap="true"> <upd_refs>WISDOM E-J: flatly (neg.); far and away http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=断然</upd_refs> <upd_diff>@@ -22,0 +23,5 @@ +&lt;gloss&gt;flatly&lt;/gloss&gt; +&lt;gloss&gt;far and away&lt;/gloss&gt; +&lt;gloss&gt;by far&lt;/gloss&gt; +&lt;gloss&gt;by a long shot&lt;/gloss&gt; +&lt;gloss&gt;hands down&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff> </audit> <audit time="2016-09-02 04:34:16" stat="A"> <upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid> <upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_detl>Could be split into senses.</upd_detl> <upd_diff>@@ -17 +16,0 @@ -&lt;pos&gt;&amp;n;&lt;/pos&gt;</upd_diff> </audit> <audit time="2018-01-13 22:50:57" stat="A" unap="true"> <upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid> <upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_detl>All the refs have at least two senses.</upd_detl> <upd_refs>gg5, prog, daij</upd_refs> <upd_diff>@@ -16,0 +17 @@ +&lt;pos&gt;&amp;adv;&lt;/pos&gt; @@ -18 +18,0 @@ -&lt;pos&gt;&amp;adv-to;&lt;/pos&gt; @@ -20,0 +21,3 @@ +&lt;gloss&gt;flatly&lt;/gloss&gt; +&lt;gloss&gt;resolutely&lt;/gloss&gt; +&lt;gloss&gt;decisively&lt;/gloss&gt; @@ -22 +25,4 @@ -&lt;gloss&gt;flatly&lt;/gloss&gt; +&lt;/sense&gt; +&lt;sense&gt; +&lt;pos&gt;&amp;adv;&lt;/pos&gt; +&lt;gloss&gt;by far&lt;/gloss&gt; @@ -24 +29,0 @@ -&lt;gloss&gt;by far&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff> </audit> <audit time="2018-01-14 05:44:37" stat="A"> <upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid> <upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_detl>Almost all the Tanaka sentences are the "by far" variety.</upd_detl> </audit> <audit time="2023-01-10 10:45:09" stat="A" unap="true"> <upd_name>Kyle Ong</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_detl>added definition</upd_detl> <upd_refs>https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E6%96%AD%E7%84%B6/#jn-140264</upd_refs> <upd_diff>@@ -20 +19,0 @@ -&lt;gloss&gt;absolutely&lt;/gloss&gt; @@ -24,0 +24,8 @@ +&lt;/sense&gt; +&lt;sense&gt; +&lt;pos&gt;&amp;adv;&lt;/pos&gt; +&lt;s_inf&gt;with neg. sentence&lt;/s_inf&gt; +&lt;gloss&gt;absolutely&lt;/gloss&gt; +&lt;gloss&gt;definitely&lt;/gloss&gt; +&lt;gloss&gt;(not) in the least&lt;/gloss&gt; +&lt;gloss&gt;(not) at all&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff> </audit> <audit time="2023-02-04 00:39:16" stat="A" unap="true"> <upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid> <upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_detl>I've sat on this for a while (as has everyone else...) Frankly, I think it's best as the two senses Robin set up in 2018. The refs are divided but two senses seem most common.</upd_detl> </audit> <audit time="2023-02-05 00:54:16" stat="A" unap="true"> <upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid> <upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_detl>Daijr added this sense in the 3rd edition. My initial thought was that it's too similar to sense 1 but the shinmeikai and prog examples above do look like a distinct sense.</upd_detl> <upd_refs>daijr:(後に打ち消しの語を伴って)強い確信や意思をもって否定する気持ちを表す。「―許さない」 shinmeikai: その判断が間違い無く成立すると主張することを表わす。「毎年負けてばかりいたが、今年は―〔=全く〕ちがっていた/―〔=決して〕そんな事は無い」 prog: 断然まちがっています That is definitely wrong.</upd_refs> <upd_diff>@@ -22,0 +23 @@ +&lt;gloss&gt;absolutely&lt;/gloss&gt; @@ -27 +28 @@ -&lt;s_inf&gt;with neg. sentence&lt;/s_inf&gt; +&lt;gloss&gt;definitely (wrong, different, etc.)&lt;/gloss&gt; @@ -29,3 +29,0 @@ -&lt;gloss&gt;definitely&lt;/gloss&gt; -&lt;gloss&gt;(not) in the least&lt;/gloss&gt; -&lt;gloss&gt;(not) at all&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff> </audit> <audit time="2023-02-05 06:19:52" stat="A"> <upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid> <upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_detl>OK. MOst of the examples are for sense 3.</upd_detl> </audit> </history> </entry>
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