<entry id="2281224" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>1875940</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>亢龍</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>亢竜</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>こうりょう</reb>
</r_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>こうりゅう</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<xref type="see" seq="2857597">亢龍有悔</xref>
<misc>&form;</misc>
<gloss>dragon that has ascended to the heavens</gloss>
<gloss g_type="fig">person who has acquired immense wealth and power</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2023-04-04 19:36:02" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Stephen Kraus</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>The cross-referenced yoji is pretty rare, but maybe it helps provide some context. Meikyo mentions a similar expression (亢竜悔いあり)</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>meikyo:
〔文〕天高く昇りつめた竜。こうりゅう。
◇富貴・栄華を極め尽くした者のたとえに使う。
「━悔いあり（＝天に昇りつめた竜が下るしかないように、栄華を極めた者は必ず衰えていくということ）」

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーーー─┬────────╮
│ 亢龍　　　　　　　 │  1,418 │ - add
│ 亢竜　　　　　　　 │    702 │
│ こうりょう　　　　 │ 19,553 │
├─ーーーーーーーーー─┼────────┤
│ 亢竜悔いあり　　　 │     88 │
│ 亢龍悔いあり　　　 │     58 │
│ こうりょう悔いあり │      0 │
╰─ーーーーーーーーー─┴────────╯</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -3,0 +4,3 @@
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;亢龍&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
@@ -11,0 +15,2 @@
+&lt;xref type="see" seq="2857597"&gt;亢龍有悔&lt;/xref&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;form;&lt;/misc&gt;
@@ -12,0 +18 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;person who has acquired immense wealth and power&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-04-04 23:55:52" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-04-06 17:24:05" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>daij, koj</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,0 +13,3 @@
+&lt;r_ele&gt;
+&lt;reb&gt;こうりゅう&lt;/reb&gt;
+&lt;/r_ele&gt;
@@ -17 +20 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;dragon which has already ascended to the heavens&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;dragon that has ascended to the heavens&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-10-25 00:30:08" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Stephen Kraus</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Adding a [fig] gloss tag</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>The kokugos all lead with the literal meaning in their entries for 亢竜.
Many don't even mention the figurative meaning.</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -21 +21 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;person who has acquired immense wealth and power&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss g_type="fig"&gt;person who has acquired immense wealth and power&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-10-25 06:38:06" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>