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jmdict 1528570 Active (id: 1964406)
[news1,nf01]
たみ [news1,nf01]
1. [n]
▶ people
▶ citizens
▶ subjects
▶ folk



History:
4. A 2017-11-24 00:02:13  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
No problem with folk, but perhaps not second. "Nation" is ok in contexts like the "Sioux nation", but it doesn't mean a country such as a member of the United Nations. I agree it's probably best not in the glosses.
  Diff:
@@ -17 +16,0 @@
-<gloss>folk</gloss>
@@ -19,0 +19 @@
+<gloss>folk</gloss>
3. A* 2017-11-23 15:43:56 
  Comments:
Hi, I noticed that the word "nation" had been removed from this entry.

I do not contest that it is confusing, but I am not quite sure a user of this dictionary would get the correct impression from this entry now.

It would be quite important to state that the sense of the word "people" used here is the one that (in English) can be used in the plural ("peoples"}.

Keeping "nation" would be one way to achieve that.

I have added the word "folk" here, hoping to give a similar effect.

At least in fantasy fiction, it is often quite accurate.

For example, I have captured this screenshot from a game: https://i.imgur.com/VLUxfl3.png

The word as used in thescreenshot could alternatively be translated as "tribe" too.

I cannot say anything about the two other translations given because I have not come across the word often elsewhere.

I hope this is all right with you.
  Diff:
@@ -16,0 +17 @@
+<gloss>folk</gloss>
2. A 2017-11-21 22:21:03  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2017-11-19 15:32:52  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daij
  Comments:
GG5 has "nation" but I think it's confusing.
  Diff:
@@ -16 +15,0 @@
-<gloss>nation</gloss>
@@ -17,0 +17,2 @@
+<gloss>citizens</gloss>
+<gloss>subjects</gloss>

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