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<entry id="2091316" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
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<k_ele>
<keb>支那</keb>
<ke_pri>news2</ke_pri>
<ke_pri>nf39</ke_pri>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>しな</reb>
<re_pri>news2</re_pri>
<re_pri>nf39</re_pri>
</r_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>シナ</reb>
<re_nokanji/>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<xref type="see" seq="1424270">中国・1</xref>
<misc>&sens;</misc>
<misc>&dated;</misc>
<misc>&uk;</misc>
<s_inf>often considered offensive post-WWII, esp. when written in kanji</s_inf>
<gloss>China</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2012-04-25 14:33:07" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Marcus</upd_name>
<upd_refs>derog OR archaic, not derog and archaic, though.</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -16,1 +16,3 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;China (now regarded as derogatory)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;derog;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;arch;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;China&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2012-04-26 05:27:10" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>rene</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>it's kind of both, although it's more acceptable when written in katakana (as in シナ海).  i'm more inclined to call it [sens] and add a note</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>koj, wiki</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -14,0 +14,4 @@
+&lt;r_ele&gt;
+&lt;reb&gt;シナ&lt;/reb&gt;
+&lt;re_nokanji/&gt;
+&lt;/r_ele&gt;
@@ -16,2 +20,4 @@
-&lt;misc&gt;&amp;derog;&lt;/misc&gt;
-&lt;misc&gt;&amp;arch;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;xref type="see" seq="1424270"&gt;中国・1&lt;/xref&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;sens;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;uk;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;s_inf&gt;sometimes considered offensive post-WWII, esp. when written in kanji&lt;/s_inf&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2012-04-26 07:06:21" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2013-08-21 17:38:52" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Stewart C Baker</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>The original note on this word didn't state the offensive nature of the term strongly enough.  Wiki notes that the word "is considered socially unacceptable and subject to kotobagari," despite some Japanese being unaware of its offensive nature.  With stuff like this, seems best to overstate it rather than understate it and lead to misunderstandings.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -23,1 +23,1 @@
-&lt;s_inf&gt;sometimes considered offensive post-WWII, esp. when written in kanji&lt;/s_inf&gt;
+&lt;s_inf&gt;largely derogatory in meaning after the 2nd Sino-Japanese war, esp. when written in kanji&lt;/s_inf&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2013-08-21 20:54:04" stat="A">
<upd_uid>rene</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>i feel the original version of the note was better as: 1) it was briefer, and 2) シナ is often used without intend to offend in compounds such as 支那そば.  (though it is still not politically correct in those usages).  changing "sometimes" to "often" in the original</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -23,1 +23,1 @@
-&lt;s_inf&gt;largely derogatory in meaning after the 2nd Sino-Japanese war, esp. when written in kanji&lt;/s_inf&gt;
+&lt;s_inf&gt;often considered offensive post-WWII, esp. when written in kanji&lt;/s_inf&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-01-06 04:19:28" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_diff>@@ -21,0 +22 @@
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;dated;&lt;/misc&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-01-06 19:58:56" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>



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