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新象牙
しんぞうげ
1. [n]
▶ ivory-like plastic (used for mahjong tiles, shogi pieces, etc.)



History:
5. A 2018-04-16 23:03:29  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2018-04-16 18:45:15  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
www-images mostly show mahjong tiles and shogi pieces
  Comments:
copy of Marcus comments from the other branch
----------------------
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)
_
"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)
  Diff:
@@ -12,2 +12 @@
-<gloss>ivory-looking plastic</gloss>
-<gloss>ivory imitation</gloss>
+<gloss>ivory-like plastic (used for mahjong tiles, shogi pieces, etc.)</gloss>
3. A* 2018-04-16 14:39:38  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
See my comment on the branch Johan rejected.
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>artificial ivory</gloss>
+<gloss>ivory imitation</gloss>
2. A 2018-04-16 02:36:42  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+<gloss>artificial ivory</gloss>
1. A* 2018-04-14 13:54:33  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
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

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