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jmdict 2146550 Active (id: 2156832)
<entry id="2156832" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2146550</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>週休2日制</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>週休二日制</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>しゅうきゅうふつかせい</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>five-day workweek system</gloss>
<gloss>five-day school week system</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>system of having two days off in at least one week each month</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2007-03-28 00:00:00" stat="A">
<upd_detl>Entry created</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2014-09-14 00:45:47" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Jeff Korpa (2823300) submitted: "The meaning in JMdict reads "five-day workweek system", but the reference I have provided has a different take on this, so I am submitting the alternate meaning for consideration. Perhaps there should be two meanings -- "A week in a month with 2 days off" would be the meaning exclusive to Japan whereas "five-day workweek system" would be the meaning outside Japan."
Jim: Happy to add this as an extra sense, but as the references above show, JMdict is not alone in its original meaning. Did the Japanese lexicographers really get it so wrong? Or have some companies got sneaky in their interpretation of terminology?
I'll leave this open for discussion for a bit.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>http://en.rocketnews24.com/2014/09/13/kanji-fail-even-japanese-people-dont-know-the-true-meaning-of-these-kanji/
Daijr: 	土・日など、週のうち 2 日間の休日があること。隔週週休二日制や完全週休二日制がある。
GG5: a five-day week; 〔企業などの〕 a five-day workweek; the five-day workweek system; 〔学校の〕 a five-day school week
中辞典: 《institute, go over to》 a five-day workweek [《英》 working week]</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -6,0 +7,3 @@
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;週休2日制&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
@@ -10,0 +14 @@
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;exp;&lt;/pos&gt;
@@ -12,0 +17,6 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;five-day school-week&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;/sense&gt;
+&lt;sense&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;exp;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;n;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;having two days off in at least one week of a month&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2014-09-14 03:48:19" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>http://www.find-job.net/support/qa/cat09/35.html
the first hit for 週休二日制 supports Jeff's reading, but 
here's an example where it's used with the original 
meaning:
http://gigazine.net/news/20140825-four-day-workweek/
(sort of a translation or reference to an article in the 
Atlantic)
_
maybe a note on sense one would be helpful?
[note="sometimes 完全週休2日制"]</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2014-09-16 11:28:10" stat="A">
<upd_uid>rene</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>weird.  did not know.  i wonder if we should swap the sense ordering on this one</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>http://m-words.jp/w/E980B1E4BC91E4BA8CE697A5E588B6.html
完全週休二日制といった場合は、毎週必ず休日が2回あることを表しているが、単に週休二日制といった場合には月に1回、2回、あるいは隔週などのように、週休二日の週を限定する場合も含まれる。</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -8 +8 @@
-&lt;keb&gt;週休2日制&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;週休2日制&lt;/keb&gt;
@@ -15,0 +16 @@
+&lt;s_inf&gt;sometimes 完全週休2日制&lt;/s_inf&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-10-30 22:58:55" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Not exp.
I'm not fond of the "sometimes 完全週休2日制" note. If we want to mention 完全週休2日制, I think it should be a separate entry.
週休2日制 gets more hits online. Swapping order.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -5 +5 @@
-&lt;keb&gt;週休二日制&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;週休2日制&lt;/keb&gt;
@@ -8 +8 @@
-&lt;keb&gt;週休2日制&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;週休二日制&lt;/keb&gt;
@@ -14 +13,0 @@
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;exp;&lt;/pos&gt;
@@ -16 +14,0 @@
-&lt;s_inf&gt;sometimes 完全週休2日制&lt;/s_inf&gt;
@@ -18 +16 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;five-day school-week&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;five-day school week system&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -21 +18,0 @@
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;exp;&lt;/pos&gt;
@@ -23 +20 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;having two days off in at least one week of a month&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;system of having two days off in at least one week each month&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-11-07 03:27:43" 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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