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jmdict 2855338 Active (id: 2193718)
<entry id="2193718" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2855338</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>源氏香</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>げんじこう</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<xref type="see" seq="2844978">組香</xref>
<gloss>Genjiko</gloss>
<gloss g_type="expl">incense-comparing game with each of the 52 patterns named after a chapter of the Tale of Genji</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2022-07-01 02:21:42" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>dine</upd_name>
<upd_detl>The game involves smelling five packets of incense and discerning which of them are the same and which are different. There are 52 possible outcomes, from "all different" to "all same". The Japanese seem to be the earliest to study mathematical problems of this kind.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>源氏香	15711
https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%BA%90%E6%B0%8F%E9%A6%99-492071</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-07-01 21:52:46" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>Koj, etc.</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+&lt;xref type="see" seq="2844978"&gt;組香&lt;/xref&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-07-02 04:31:04" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>dine</upd_name>
<upd_detl>"Genji-koh" and "Genji incense" are also found; I don't think there is a standard English translation</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>google images</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -13 +13,3 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;incense-comparing game with each of the 52 outcomes named after a chapter of the Tale of Genji&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;Genjiko&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;Genji-ko&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss g_type="expl"&gt;incense-comparing game with each of the 52 patterns named after a chapter of the Tale of Genji&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-07-02 21:35:31" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I don't really think Genjiko is used enough in English to be the leading gloss.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -14 +13,0 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;Genji-ko&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>



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