jmdict 1630910 Active (id#2358339)
減り張り [rK] ； 乙張り [rK] ； めり張り [sK] ； 減張 [sK] ； 乙張 [sK]
【 メリハリ (nokanji)； めりはり 】
  1. [n] [uk]
    • modulation (of voice)
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 2407860 メリハリの効いた【めりはりのきいた】 1. well-modulated (voice); nicely varied (writing style); lively; full-bodied (flavour); complex
  2. [n] [uk]
    • variation
    • variety
    • balance
    • pace
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 2777440 メリハリを付ける【メリハリをつける】 1. to add balance (to one's work, life, etc.); to balance work and play; to pace oneself
  3. [n] [uk]
    • liveliness (e.g. of writing style)
History:
    • A 2026-01-23 01:27:49 Stephen Kraus (id#2358339)
    • Refs
      〈減（り）／めり／メリ／乙〉〈張（り）／はり／ハリ〉

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮
│ めり張り │   3,651 │  0.5% │ - add
│ 減り張り │     946 │  0.1% │
│ 減張　　 │     609 │  0.1% │ - add
│ 乙張　　 │      83 │  0.0% │ - sK
│ 乙張り　 │      53 │  0.0% │
│ メリ張り │      44 │  0.0% │
│ 減りハリ │      21 │  0.0% │
│ メリハリ │ 668,291 │ 96.3% │
│ めりはり │  20,592 │  3.0% │
╰─ーーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯
    • Diff
      @@ -12,0 +13,8 @@
+<keb>めり張り</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>減張</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
@@ -14 +22 @@
-<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
    • A 2024-08-23 06:11:21 Marcus Richert (id#2309554)
    • Refs
      減り張り	946	0.1%
乙張り	53	0.0%
乙張	83	0.0%
メリハリ	668291	96.9%
めりはり	20592	3.0%
    • Diff
      @@ -5,0 +6 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
@@ -8,0 +10 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
@@ -11,0 +14 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
@@ -13,3 +15,0 @@
-<r_ele>
-<reb>めりはり</reb>
-</r_ele>
@@ -18,0 +19,3 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>めりはり</reb>
    • A 2017-08-22 04:34:47 Jim Breen
    • A* 2017-08-21 13:57:33 Robin Scott
    • Comments
      None of the senses are [adj-no].
"Full-bodied" appears to be a translation of "めりはりの効いた".
    • Refs
      prog, 中辞典, daij
    • Diff
      @@ -22 +21,0 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -28 +27 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
@@ -30,0 +30,2 @@
+<gloss>balance</gloss>
+<gloss>pace</gloss>
@@ -34,3 +35,2 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
-<gloss>liveliness</gloss>
-<gloss>full-bodied</gloss>
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
+<gloss>liveliness (e.g. of writing style)</gloss>
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