jmdict 1189760 Active (id#2320748)
佳作 [news1,nf14]
【 かさく [news1,nf14] 】
  1. [n]
    • fine (piece of) work
    • excellent work
  2. [n]
    • work that receives an honourable mention
History:
    • A 2024-11-09 22:29:04 Jim Breen (id#2320748)
    • A* 2024-11-09 22:15:44 Robin Scott (id#2320746)
    • Comments
      "honourable mention" doesn't refer to the work itself.
    • Refs
      gg5, prog, luminous, daij
    • Diff
      @@ -16 +16,2 @@
-<gloss>good piece of work</gloss>
+<gloss>fine (piece of) work</gloss>
+<gloss>excellent work</gloss>
@@ -20 +21 @@
-<gloss>honourable mention</gloss>
+<gloss>work that receives an honourable mention</gloss>
    • A 2024-11-08 20:40:13 Jim Breen (id#2320619)
    • A* 2024-11-08 05:14:39 Stephen Kraus (id#2320570)
    • Refs
      The kokugos mention 選外佳作 for the second sense but don't say it's an abbreviation.

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーー─┬─────────╮
│ 佳作　　 │ 204,748 │
│ 選外佳作 │   1,116 │
╰─ーーーー─┴─────────╯
    • Diff
      @@ -20,2 +20 @@
-<misc>&abbr;</misc>
-<gloss>honourable mention (honorable)</gloss>
+<gloss>honourable mention</gloss>
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