jmdict 2860403 Active (id#2294522)
<entry eid="2294522" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict"> <ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp> <ent_seq>2860403</ent_seq> <k_ele> <keb>KK</keb> </k_ele> <r_ele> <reb>ケー・ケー</reb> </r_ele> <r_ele> <reb>ケーケー</reb> <re_inf>&sk;</re_inf> </r_ele> <sense> <pos>&n;</pos> <xref type="see" seq="1208980" xk="株式会社">株式会社</xref> <misc>&abbr;</misc> <s_inf>in company names</s_inf> <gloss>Inc.</gloss> <gloss>Ltd.</gloss> <gloss>KK</gloss> </sense> <history> <audit time="2024-03-06 07:14:34" stat="A" unap="true"> <upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid> <upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_refs>GG5: 〔株式会社の略〕 《米》Inc.; 《英》&amp; Co., Ltd.</upd_refs> </audit> <audit time="2024-03-12 00:32:45" stat="A"> <upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid> <upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_detl>No comments. Closing.</upd_detl> </audit> <audit time="2024-03-13 03:35:30" stat="A" unap="true"> <upd_detl>Shouldn't this include the gloss "KK"?</upd_detl> </audit> <audit time="2024-03-13 07:07:17" stat="A"> <upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid> <upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_detl>Probably not necessary as it's the headword.</upd_detl> <upd_diff>@@ -21,0 +22 @@ +&lt;gloss&gt;KK&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff> </audit> <audit time="2024-03-13 11:01:05" stat="A" unap="true"> <upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_detl>Isn't it slightly awkward to say that "KK" means "Inc." "Ltd.", "&amp; Co." considering that "KK" (written in romaji) is usually used in English rather than in Japanese? (Also it's my impression that "Co., Ltd." is the most common translation of 株式会社 that's used by Japanese companies in their English names)</upd_detl> </audit> <audit time="2024-03-14 00:09:40" stat="A"> <upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid> <upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_detl>Possibly awkward, but I felt since GG5 is glossing it that way we could cope. Since searching for ケーケー only brought up the KKK entry, I thought it would be useful.</upd_detl> </audit> <audit time="2024-03-14 20:58:24" stat="A"> <upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid> <upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name> <upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email> <upd_detl>"&amp; Co." simply means "and company". GG5's gloss is "&amp; Co., Ltd." I think "Ltd." is sufficient.</upd_detl> <upd_diff>@@ -21 +20,0 @@ -&lt;gloss&gt;&amp;amp; Co.&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff> </audit> </history> </entry>
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