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<entry eid="2317333" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict"> <ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp> <ent_seq>2408640</ent_seq> <k_ele> <keb>緩キャラ</keb> <ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf> </k_ele> <r_ele> <reb>ゆるキャラ</reb> </r_ele> <r_ele> <reb>ユルキャラ</reb> <re_inf>&sk;</re_inf> </r_ele> <sense> <pos>&n;</pos> <field>&tradem;</field> <misc>&uk;</misc> <gloss>costumed mascot character (oft. devised for PR purposes by local governments, government departments, etc.)</gloss> </sense> <history> <audit time="2008-09-23 00:00:00" stat="A"> <upd_detl>Entry created</upd_detl> </audit> <audit time="2014-10-27 08:30:51" stat="A" unap="true"> <upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name> <upd_detl>I wonder if the best translation of ゆる in this case might be "soothing". "slow" would be better than "weak"</upd_detl> <upd_refs>http://www.academia.edu/5080507/paper_in_progress_Yuru_kyar a_mascot_characters_humanity_and_the_uncanny_instability_of _borders_in_the_construction_of_Japanese_identities_and_aes thetics "wobbly"</upd_refs> <upd_diff>@@ -11 +11 @@ -&lt;gloss&gt;(weak) mascot character (e.g. devised for PR purposes by local government, government departments, etc.)&lt;/gloss&gt; +&lt;gloss&gt;costumed mascot character (oft. devised for PR purposes by local governments, government departments, etc.)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff> </audit> <audit time="2014-10-27 22:33:00" stat="A"> <upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid> <upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_detl>I don't think the ゆる as such needs to be translated.</upd_detl> </audit> <audit time="2016-07-27 05:39:07" stat="A" unap="true"> <upd_uid>johan</upd_uid> <upd_name>Johan Råde</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_detl>Should we skip the second xref, or change it to 緩い[5]?</upd_detl> <upd_refs>daijs has the kanji form 緩キャラ 42 ゆるキャラ 56206</upd_refs> <upd_diff>@@ -3,0 +4,3 @@ +&lt;k_ele&gt; +&lt;keb&gt;緩キャラ&lt;/keb&gt; +&lt;/k_ele&gt; @@ -9 +12 @@ -&lt;xref type="see" seq="1041920"&gt;キャラクター&lt;/xref&gt; +&lt;xref type="see" seq="1923480"&gt;キャラ・1&lt;/xref&gt; @@ -10,0 +14 @@ +&lt;misc&gt;&amp;uk;&lt;/misc&gt;</upd_diff> </audit> <audit time="2016-07-27 06:13:03" stat="A"> <upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid> <upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_refs>ユルキャラ 1501</upd_refs> <upd_diff>@@ -8,0 +9,4 @@ +&lt;/r_ele&gt; +&lt;r_ele&gt; +&lt;reb&gt;ユルキャラ&lt;/reb&gt; +&lt;re_nokanji/&gt;</upd_diff> </audit> <audit time="2022-05-22 05:19:04" stat="A" unap="true"> <upd_name>Stephen Kraus</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_refs>jp wiki doesn't even mention the kanji form Google N-gram Corpus Counts 42 0.1% 緩キャラ 56,206 97.3% ゆるキャラ 1,501 2.6% ユルキャラ</upd_refs> <upd_diff>@@ -5,0 +6 @@ +&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;rK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;</upd_diff> </audit> <audit time="2022-05-22 06:36:53" stat="A"> <upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid> <upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> </audit> <audit time="2024-10-12 00:31:13" stat="A" unap="true"> <upd_uid>stephen</upd_uid> <upd_name>Stephen Kraus</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_detl>Hiding ユルキャラ (rare)</upd_detl> <upd_refs>gg5 追加語彙: 「ゆるキャラ」は商標. Daijirin and smk also say "商標名"</upd_refs> <upd_diff>@@ -13 +13 @@ -&lt;re_nokanji/&gt; +&lt;re_inf&gt;&amp;sk;&lt;/re_inf&gt; @@ -18,0 +19 @@ +&lt;field&gt;&amp;tradem;&lt;/field&gt;</upd_diff> </audit> <audit time="2024-10-12 09:57:51" stat="A"> <upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid> <upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> </audit> <audit time="2024-10-14 00:36:31" stat="A"> <upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid> <upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_detl>I don't think these x-refs are helpful.</upd_detl> <upd_diff>@@ -17,2 +16,0 @@ -&lt;xref type="see" seq="1923480"&gt;キャラ・1&lt;/xref&gt; -&lt;xref type="see" seq="1214410"&gt;緩い・1&lt;/xref&gt;</upd_diff> </audit> </history> </entry>