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jmdict 2845816 Active (id: 2076737)

メン
1. [n-suf] [abbr]
▶ member
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1134370 メンバー 1. member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)



History:
12. A 2020-07-30 23:19:49  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
OK.
I really don't get the arguments for not 
having this as an entry though, 
considering how productive it is.
11. A* 2020-07-30 17:48:31  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
i agree.  i'd go further and say that this is 造語 and possibly/probably not deserving of an entry on its own, but if it's kept, i think n-suf covers it.  unless there's evidence of メン being used to mean "member" as a standalone word
  Diff:
@@ -9 +8,0 @@
-<pos>&n;</pos>
10. A* 2020-07-30 15:45:52  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I don't think it's correct to break down something like 元メン into 元[pref] + メン[noun]. Are there any other examples of words that appear exclusively at the end of compound nouns but are considered regular nouns?
Having n on this entry looks silly (and wrong) to me, especially when the other PoS tag is n-suf (defined as "noun, used as a suffix"). It implies that the word is something it's not. I think a single n-suf tag is perfectly sufficient and also less confusing.
9. A 2020-07-30 11:49:07  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I spent some time searching for live examples of sentences containing はメンが which would have confirmed nounhood for メン. No real success, but I don't mind this having an "n" in the POS string. I hate to think how many entries we have like that, largely thanks to the kokugos labelling things as nouns for largely historical reasons.
8. A* 2020-07-30 03:01:50  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
全メン	210
https://www.amazon.co.jp/乃木坂46◆干支-43人×3種-フルコンプ-まとめ売り◆齋藤飛鳥-遠藤さくら/dp/B085QMVQS1
初メン	533
https://youngjapanesedic.com/初メン/
各メン	1333
https://ameblo.jp/bm-kenkyu/entry-12611007606.html
  Comments:
I don't think it's normal for something that's merely an n-suf to take an n-pref. I think that shows it's a noun. I think that words that only appear in 
compound nouns can still be considered nouns by themselves.
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