<entry id="2212123" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>1314710</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>似非</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>似而非</keb>
<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>えせ</reb>
</r_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>エセ</reb>
<re_nokanji/>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&pref;</pos>
<misc>&uk;</misc>
<gloss>false</gloss>
<gloss>pseudo-</gloss>
<gloss>quasi-</gloss>
<gloss>would-be</gloss>
<gloss>sham</gloss>
<gloss>pretended</gloss>
<gloss>mock</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2018-09-16 18:39:32" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Often written in katakana.
The only [adj-na] sense is archaic. I think [pref] is enough.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>daij, meikyo
G n-grams:
エセ科学	14316
似非科学	15472</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,0 +13,4 @@
+&lt;r_ele&gt;
+&lt;reb&gt;エセ&lt;/reb&gt;
+&lt;re_nokanji/&gt;
+&lt;/r_ele&gt;
@@ -14,2 +17,0 @@
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;adj-na;&lt;/pos&gt;
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;n;&lt;/pos&gt;
@@ -17,0 +20,2 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;pseudo-&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;quasi-&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -22,3 +25,0 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;spurious&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;pseudo&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;quasi&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-09-17 03:24:03" stat="A">
<upd_uid>rene</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>adj-nari not adj-na in any case</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-09-17 13:09:22" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I think uk is fair.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>prog: all examples/derivatives are えせ
km
似非関西	135
エセ関西	252
えせ関西	36
(e.g. エセ関西-弁, -人)
over 30 results past hr on twitter for エセ関西弁, first hit for 似非- is 2 hrs old</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -18,0 +19 @@
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;uk;&lt;/misc&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-09-17 16:51:29" stat="A">
<upd_uid>rene</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>not entirely sure, but i'd wager that's correct</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-10-26 19:25:40" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Stephen Kraus</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮
│ 似非　 │ 206,497 │ 99.1% │
│ 似而非 │   1,773 │  0.9% │ 🡠 rK (daijr/s, koj, etc.)
│ えせ　 │  91,436 │  N/A  │
│ エセ　 │ 176,973 │  N/A  │
╰─ーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -8,0 +9 @@
+&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;rK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-10-26 20:20:59" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>