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jmdict 1389740 Active (id: 1965529)
専ら [ichi1,news2,nf27]
もっぱら [ichi1,news2,nf27] もはら [ok]
1. [adv,adj-no] [uk]
▶ wholly
▶ solely
▶ entirely
▶ exclusively
▶ devotedly
▶ fixedly
2. [adv,adj-no] [uk]
▶ principally
▶ mostly
▶ chiefly
▶ mainly



History:
5. A 2017-12-08 15:57:28  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daij, koj
  Diff:
@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<re_inf>&ok;</re_inf>
4. A 2013-04-27 06:56:32  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2013-04-27 01:06:35  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Clearly "uk". 3:1 on hits, and all the dictionary examples use kana.
  Diff:
@@ -22,0 +22,1 @@
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
@@ -32,0 +33,1 @@
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
2. A 2013-03-12 03:43:47  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
The JEs don't have this sense, but it comes through in the Eijiro and Tanaka examples.
  Diff:
@@ -21,0 +21,1 @@
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -30,0 +31,1 @@
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
1. A* 2013-03-11 22:09:50  winnie <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/専ら  
http://ejje.weblio.jp/sentence/content/もっぱら  
http://www.dictjuggler.net/yakugo/?word=もっぱら  
http://www.wordchamp.com/lingua2/Word.do?text=mostly&languageID=13&pronunciationID=173250
  Comments:
The usage of the word to mean "almost but not quite entirely (wholly, exclusively, solely, etc)".
  Diff:
@@ -28,0 +28,7 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&adv;</pos>
+<gloss>principally</gloss>
+<gloss>mostly</gloss>
+<gloss>chiefly</gloss>
+<gloss>mainly</gloss>
+</sense>

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