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jmdict 2851020 Active (id: 2153771)
余命宣告
よめいせんこく
1. [n,vs]
▶ telling a patient how long they have left to live
▶ giving a diagnosis of terminal illness

Conjugations


History:
9. A 2021-10-26 06:05:47  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I think so.
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>telling someone (i.e. a patient) how long they have left to live</gloss>
+<gloss>telling a patient how long they have left to live</gloss>
8. A* 2021-10-24 21:41:22  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Isn't it always the patient who receives a 余命宣告?
7. A* 2021-10-24 09:37:24  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
the problem with including "the patient" is 
that it ends up being a weird translation for 
things like 
おじいちゃん余命宣告を受けた or indeed all 
instances of ~を受けた/された
and the word does appear in the passive most 
of the time.

Is this an improvement?
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>telling a patient how long they have left to live</gloss>
+<gloss>telling someone (i.e. a patient) how long they have left to live</gloss>
6. A 2021-10-23 20:29:54  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2021-10-23 11:12:31  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Doesn't make sense if you omit "a patient".
I prefer "giving" to "sharing".
  Diff:
@@ -13,2 +13,2 @@
-<gloss>telling (a patient) how long they have left to live</gloss>
-<gloss>sharing a diagnosis of terminal illness</gloss>
+<gloss>telling a patient how long they have left to live</gloss>
+<gloss>giving a diagnosis of terminal illness</gloss>
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