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虹の橋を渡る虹の橋をわたる [sK]
にじのはしをわたる
1. [exp,v5r] [euph]
▶ to die (of a pet)
▶ [lit] to cross the rainbow bridge

Conjugations


History:
9. A 2024-05-15 15:00:11  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
〈虹/にじ/ニジ〉の〈橋/はし/ハシ〉を〈渡/わた〉る

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 虹の橋を渡る  │  2,242 │ 76.6% │
│ 虹の橋をわたる │    685 │ 23.4% │
├─ーーーーーーー─┼────────┼───────┤
│ 虹の橋を渡っ  │ 14,393 │ 97.6% │
│ 虹の橋をわたっ │    350 │  2.4% │
╰─ーーーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6,4 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>虹の橋をわたる</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
8. A 2024-05-15 14:58:08  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I agree
7. A* 2024-05-15 08:41:25  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I suggest putting the [lit] back. It's not really relevant that it's used in English.
I don't like the combination of I'd and euph.
  Diff:
@@ -14,2 +13,0 @@
-<misc>&id;</misc>
-<gloss>to cross the rainbow bridge</gloss>
@@ -16,0 +15 @@
+<gloss g_type="lit">to cross the rainbow bridge</gloss>
6. A* 2024-05-15 05:05:11  Ma
  Comments:
An euphemistic idiom, isn't it?
(not all euphemisms are idioms)
  Diff:
@@ -13,0 +14 @@
+<misc>&id;</misc>
5. A 2024-05-15 00:36:29  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I don't think that's needed.
If we're not tagging "to cross the rainbow bridge" as [lit], I think it should go first.
  Diff:
@@ -14 +14 @@
-<s_inf>from a poem by Edna Clyne-Rekhy</s_inf>
+<gloss>to cross the rainbow bridge</gloss>
@@ -16 +15,0 @@
-<gloss>to cross the rainbow bridge</gloss>
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