jmdict 1375520 Active (id#2305610)
性別 [ichi1,news1,nf09]
【 せいべつ [ichi1,news1,nf09] 】
  1. [n]
    • (distinction of) sex
    • gender
History:
    • A 2024-06-24 04:31:45 Jim Breen (id#2305610)
    • A* 2024-06-24 00:39:03 Robin Scott (id#2305581)
    • Comments
      Maybe better like this.
    • Diff
      @@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<gloss>(distinction of) sex</gloss>
@@ -19,2 +19,0 @@
-<gloss>distinction of sex</gloss>
-<gloss>sex</gloss>
    • A 2017-11-26 22:17:12 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      "distinction of sex" sounds awkward to me. "Distinguishing by sex" may be better. Anyway, I think having "gender" as the lead might be better.
    • Diff
      @@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<gloss>gender</gloss>
@@ -20 +20,0 @@
-<gloss>gender</gloss>
    • A* 2017-11-26 13:53:25 Robin Scott
    • Comments
      "Of" in the JEs. I prefer it to "by".
    • Refs
      gg5, prog
    • Diff
      @@ -18 +18 @@
-<gloss>distinction by sex</gloss>
+<gloss>distinction of sex</gloss>
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