<entry id="2193088" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2855204</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>爛柯</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>らんか</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<xref type="see" seq="1155990">囲碁</xref>
<misc>&form;</misc>
<gloss>go (board game)</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<s_inf>from a Chinese legend about a man who watches a game of go for so long that the handle of his axe rots away</s_inf>
<gloss>being so engrossed in go that one loses track of time</gloss>
<gloss>being so engrossed in an activity that one loses track of time</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2022-06-20 05:34:29" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>"for so long that the handle of his ax rots"
this detail explains the characters 爛柯, 柯 = axe handle, 爛=くさる (as I understood koj)</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>koj daijr etc.
爛柯	1448</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-06-25 04:17:31" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Several references say it's a formal/literary name for go.
Can we trim that note? Possibly just "from a Chinese legend" would do.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -9,0 +10,5 @@
+&lt;sense&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;n;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;form;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;go (board game)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;/sense&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-06-26 16:14:02" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>daijr: 転じて，好きな遊びや物事に心を奪われて時のたつのを忘れること。</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+&lt;xref type="see" seq="1155990"&gt;囲碁&lt;/xref&gt;
@@ -18 +19,2 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;being so engrossed in go one forgets the time&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;being so engrossed in go that one loses track of time&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;being so engrossed in an activity that one loses track of time&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-06-26 22:43:41" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>