jmdict 1585900 Active (id#2314571)
蜉蝣蜻蛉
かげろう [gikun] カゲロウ (nokanji)
  1. [n] [uk]
    • mayfly
  2. [n] [uk]
    • ephemerality (of life)
  3. [n] [arch,uk]
    • dragonfly
    Cross references:
    • ⇒ see: 1585910 【トンボ】 1. dragonfly
History:
    • A 2024-09-26 20:59:06 Jim Breen (id#2314571)
    • A* 2024-09-25 23:09:17 Robin Scott (id#2314482)
    • Comments
      All the kokugos have 蜻蛉 for かげろう.
      Probably not ふゆう for 蜉蝣. Splitting it out.
      I don't think "ephemeropteran" is needed.
    • Diff
      @@ -6,0 +7,3 @@
      +<k_ele>
      +<keb>蜻蛉</keb>
      +</k_ele>
      @@ -9,3 +12 @@
      -</r_ele>
      -<r_ele>
      -<reb>ふゆう</reb>
      +<re_inf>&gikun;</re_inf>
      @@ -21 +21,0 @@
      -<gloss>ephemeropteran</gloss>
      @@ -26 +26 @@
      -<gloss>ephemerality (of human life)</gloss>
      +<gloss>ephemerality (of life)</gloss>
      @@ -29 +28,0 @@
      -<stagr>かげろう</stagr>
      @@ -31 +30 @@
      -<xref type="see" seq="1585910">蜻蛉・とんぼ</xref>
      +<xref type="see" seq="1585910">トンボ</xref>
      @@ -35 +33,0 @@
      -<gloss>damselfly</gloss>
    • A 2016-09-13 22:46:39 Jim Breen
    • Diff
      @@ -24,0 +25 @@
      +<misc>&uk;</misc>
    • A* 2016-09-13 20:47:34 Johan Råde
    • Refs
      gg5: かげろうの命 an ephemeral existence [life].
    • Diff
      @@ -24 +23,0 @@
      -<stagr>ふゆう</stagr>
    • A* 2016-09-13 01:22:52 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      I can't find any evidence that 蜻蛉 is read かげろう. It usually has the (gikun) reading とんぼ.
    • Refs
      G n-grams:
      蜉蝣	25273
      蜻蛉	113308
      かげろう	85633
      ふゆう	33429
      カゲロウ	47531
    • Diff
      @@ -6,3 +5,0 @@
      -</k_ele>
      -<k_ele>
      -<keb>蜻蛉</keb>
      @@ -15 +12,4 @@
      -<re_restr>蜉蝣</re_restr>
      +</r_ele>
      +<r_ele>
      +<reb>カゲロウ</reb>
      +<re_nokanji/>
      @@ -18,0 +19 @@
      +<misc>&uk;</misc>
      @@ -29,0 +31 @@
      +<xref type="see" seq="1585910">蜻蛉・とんぼ</xref>
      @@ -30,0 +33 @@
      +<misc>&uk;</misc>
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