<entry id="1989749" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>1168900</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>引き金を引く</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>ひきがねをひく</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<pos>&v5k;</pos>
<gloss>to pull the trigger</gloss>
<gloss>to squeeze the trigger</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2010-08-20 17:27:22" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Scott</upd_name>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,0 +12,1 @@
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;v5k;&lt;/pos&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2010-08-20 22:48:29" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>rene</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>surely "the" is more natural than "a" here</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -13,0 +13,1 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;to pull the trigger&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2010-08-21 02:03:58" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-10-27 00:07:56" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>One gloss is enough.
Do we even need this entry? It's not idiomatic.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -14 +13,0 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;to pull a trigger&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-10-27 00:37:17" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>True, but while it's "pull" (or squeeze) in English, it's not obvious that it's 引く in Japanese; it could well be 押す. I think it's useful to have it stated.
In sense 2 of  引き金 it's usually ...となる/となった.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>Daijr, GG5, 中辞典, ルミナス (all have the ...を引く form as subentries or examples in their 引き金 entries.)</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -13,0 +14 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;to squeeze the trigger&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-10-27 00:53:20" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>OK.</upd_detl>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>