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A 2018-04-16 23:03:29 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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A* 2018-04-16 18:45:15 Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
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www-images mostly show mahjong tiles and shogi pieces |
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copy of Marcus comments from the other branch
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I don't think "artificial ivory" and "synthetic ivory"
are good translations here. Google tells me these
English terms are mostly used for synthetical materials
created to deal with poaching e.g.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/faking-
elephant-ivory-180963226/
I believe this would be called 人工象牙 in Japanese (it's
in Brit)
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"新象牙" on the other hand seems to refer to one specific
ivory-looking plastic material most commonly used for
mah jong piles and is not some kind of a broad general
term that can be applied to just about ivory-looking
material. I think it's similar to the name "French
ivory" (but it's a separate plastic, judging from the
Google images results) |
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@@ -12,2 +12 @@
-<gloss>ivory-looking plastic</gloss>
-<gloss>ivory imitation</gloss>
+<gloss>ivory-like plastic (used for mahjong tiles, shogi pieces, etc.)</gloss> |
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A* 2018-04-16 14:39:38 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
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See my comment on the branch Johan rejected. |
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Diff: |
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>artificial ivory</gloss>
+<gloss>ivory imitation</gloss> |
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A 2018-04-16 02:36:42 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+<gloss>artificial ivory</gloss> |
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A* 2018-04-14 13:54:33 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
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ngrams
新象牙 12
https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail
/q11163471731
"新象牙って何ですか？ ...
象牙の特徴である縞模様を再現した合成樹脂です。
ですからプラスチックですね(^-^;)b"
http://www9.plala.or.jp/majan/col25.html |