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堅気 [news2,nf38]
かたぎ [news2,nf38] カタギ (nokanji)
1. [adj-na,n]
▶ honest
▶ respectable
▶ decent
2. [n,adj-no]
▶ respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.)
3. [n]
▶ person in a respectable occupation



History:
7. A 2022-05-16 19:35:42  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5
  Diff:
@@ -19,0 +20 @@
+<pos>&n;</pos>
@@ -21,0 +23 @@
+<gloss>decent</gloss>
@@ -23,0 +26 @@
+<pos>&n;</pos>
@@ -25 +27,0 @@
-<pos>&n;</pos>
6. A 2022-05-15 04:03:08  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2022-05-14 22:55:22  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
(not that it makes a difference, but I just noticed that the
shinmeikai note is for a different word entirely -- please disregard)
4. A* 2022-05-14 22:43:57  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
This website captures subtitles from televised anime
http://anicobin.ldblog.jp/archives/53663645.html
(context: a TV producer is attempting to prod a yakuza member into performing violently for the camera)
「だったらさ!そういうのを見せてよ!今だってカタギの俺にヤラセ求められてんだよ!キレようよ!」

daijr/s have sense #1 as [adj-na] and sense #2 as [adj-no]

shinmeikai has a note:
[表記]古くは「形儀」「形気」などを用いたが、現在は多く「{気質}」。
but 形儀 is so rare that it's probably not worth including

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
49,089	 45.7%	堅気
23,580	 22.0%	かたぎ
34,586	 32.2%	カタギ
    79	  0.1%	形儀

The katakana form seems to get a fair amount of usage
 1,563  カタギの人
   962  カタギの仕事
   899  カタギの人間
   521  カタギの世界
   493  カタギの方
   488  カタギの生活
   367  カタギの人に
   363  カタギの衆
   202  カタギの人間に
   201  カタギの会社
  Diff:
@@ -13,0 +14,4 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>カタギ</reb>
+<re_nokanji/>
+</r_ele>
@@ -19,0 +24 @@
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
3. A 2011-03-07 02:02:20  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
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