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[n]
▶ delicacy ▶ tact ▶ sensitivity ▶ consideration ▶ thoughtfulness |
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| 4. | A 2021-11-18 03:21:40 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| 3. | A* 2021-11-17 22:44:33 Robin Scott <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | I don't think the x-ref is needed. |
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| Diff: | @@ -9 +8,0 @@ -<xref type="see" seq="1309180">思い遣り</xref> @@ -12 +10,0 @@ -<gloss>considerateness</gloss> @@ -13,0 +12 @@ +<gloss>consideration</gloss> |
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| 2. | A 2010-08-13 11:10:48 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | Hmmmm. Delicacy in English has two senses, but the デリカシー 外来語 doesn't seem to mean 珍味 at all. |
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| Diff: | @@ -9,0 +9,1 @@ +<xref type="see" seq="1309180">思い遣り</xref> @@ -10,4 +11,1 @@ -</sense> -<sense> -<pos>&n;</pos> -<xref type="see" seq="1309180">思い遣り</xref> +<gloss>tact</gloss> |
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| 1. | A* 2010-08-12 22:55:27 Hendrik <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | The way the word is used in my family made me realize that it did not mean "delicacy"; when asking for an explanation (that matched what the context suggested), the term 思い遣り was given. EIJIRO also supports this usage. |
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| Diff: | @@ -11,0 +11,7 @@ +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<xref type="see" seq="1309180">思い遣り</xref> +<gloss>considerateness</gloss> +<gloss>sensitivity</gloss> +<gloss>thoughtfulness</gloss> +</sense> |
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