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<entry id="2214883" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2708970</ent_seq>
<r_ele>
<reb>ブス</reb>
</r_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>ぶす</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<misc>&derog;</misc>
<gloss>ugly woman</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&adj-na;</pos>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<misc>&derog;</misc>
<misc>&col;</misc>
<gloss>ugly</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2012-05-03 00:02:10" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Splitting from 1579830. See discussion there.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>Koj (has 醜女)</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2012-05-03 00:20:13" stat="A">
<upd_uid>rene</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-04-25 08:20:16" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I don't think "extremely" is necessary.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -19 +19 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;extremely ugly woman&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;ugly woman&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-04-25 08:59:26" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-12-02 11:27:50" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Zakamutt</upd_name>
<upd_detl>It seems hard to find this use in actual dictionaries. Honestly not sure about the meaning split, but one seems more original while the other can be used towards people of any gender as well as objects. Not sure if the kanji even make sense for this new meaning, but I just know some weirdo author will throw it in somewhere in due time...</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ブス (point 3)</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -19,0 +20,6 @@
+&lt;/sense&gt;
+&lt;sense&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;n;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;derog;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;uk;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;ugly&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-12-02 12:53:32" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Zakamutt</upd_name>
<upd_detl>realized it's used as a na-adj as well</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -22,0 +23 @@
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;adj-na;&lt;/pos&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-12-02 17:25:08" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I'm only familiar with the "ugly woman" meaning but there's support for a second sense.
Only Kojien has kanji for this. I think it should be dropped.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>http://zokugo-dict.com/28hu/busu.htm
"また、不細工が人の顔以外に物の形や出来が悪いことを意味するように、近年、ブスも人以外の不出来なものをさして使うようになってきている。"
ぶす	110403	12.7%
ブス	755522	87.3%</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -4,3 +4,3 @@
-&lt;k_ele&gt;
-&lt;keb&gt;醜女&lt;/keb&gt;
-&lt;/k_ele&gt;
+&lt;r_ele&gt;
+&lt;reb&gt;ブス&lt;/reb&gt;
+&lt;/r_ele&gt;
@@ -10,4 +9,0 @@
-&lt;r_ele&gt;
-&lt;reb&gt;ブス&lt;/reb&gt;
-&lt;re_nokanji/&gt;
-&lt;/r_ele&gt;
@@ -16 +11,0 @@
-&lt;xref type="see" seq="1579830"&gt;醜女・しゅうじょ・1&lt;/xref&gt;
@@ -18 +12,0 @@
-&lt;misc&gt;&amp;uk;&lt;/misc&gt;
@@ -21,0 +16 @@
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;adj-na;&lt;/pos&gt;
@@ -23 +17,0 @@
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;adj-na;&lt;/pos&gt;
@@ -25 +19 @@
-&lt;misc&gt;&amp;uk;&lt;/misc&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;col;&lt;/misc&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-12-02 22:29:52" 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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