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jmdict 1346590 Active (id: 1079651)
商う
あきなう
1. [v5u,vt]
▶ to trade in (commercial goods)
▶ to deal in
▶ to sell
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2258900 なう 1. to do ...

Conjugations


History:
3. A 2011-11-13 11:16:03  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2011-11-11 23:02:25  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
all dics
  Comments:
"sell" is fine, but this is not two senses
  Diff:
@@ -15,5 +15,0 @@
-<gloss>to handle</gloss>
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<pos>&v5u;</pos>
-<pos>&vt;</pos>
1. A* 2011-11-11 09:11:39  Nils Roland Barth <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5, 大辞林、広辞苑
  Comments:
* Reorder: front “trade in” sense – that’s the only one the other dicts give
* Expand wording

Question:
* Delete the “sell” definition?
The bare “sell” is not given in any dictionary I looked at; it can be understood as a casual generalization of “trade in”, but I’m not sure having a separate line for it adds anything – consider eliminating it?
  Diff:
@@ -13,1 +13,3 @@
-<gloss>to sell</gloss>
+<gloss>to trade in (commercial goods)</gloss>
+<gloss>to deal in</gloss>
+<gloss>to handle</gloss>
@@ -18,2 +20,1 @@
-<gloss>to handle</gloss>
-<gloss>to trade in</gloss>
+<gloss>to sell</gloss>

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