<entry id="2066992" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2844412</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>阿</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>あ</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<xref type="see" seq="1856390">阿字・あじ</xref>
<gloss>first Sanskrit alphabet letter</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<xref type="see" seq="1929050">阿弗利加・アフリカ</xref>
<misc>&abbr;</misc>
<gloss>Africa</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<misc>&abbr;</misc>
<gloss>Awa (old province of Japan)</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&pref;</pos>
<misc>&fam;</misc>
<misc>&arch;</misc>
<gloss>prefixed to names to show intimacy</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2020-04-30 11:53:19" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>dine</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>aozora: https://furigana.info/w/%E9%98%BF:%E3%81%82
吽と閉じれば姿が消え、阿と口を開けば姿が見える。 (sense 1)
阿、讃、伊の三ヵ国は、阿波を蜂須賀正勝に (sense 3)
aozora also has examples for sense 2, but the reading is apparently not あ:
https://furigana.info/w/%E9%98%BF:%E3%82%A2%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>daijr, daijs, nikk: https://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%98%BF-420493
koj has all four senses</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2020-05-01 03:55:51" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I think this is clearer.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>Koj</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,2 +12,2 @@
-&lt;xref type="see" seq="1150080"&gt;阿吽・あうん・1&lt;/xref&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;the first Sanskrit letter "a"&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;xref type="see" seq="1856390"&gt;阿字・あじ&lt;/xref&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;first Sanskrit alphabet letter&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>