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指折り [news2,nf30] ；指折 [io]
【ゆびおり [news2,nf30] 】

[adj-no]
▶ leading
▶ prominent
▶ eminent
▶ foremost
▶ distinguished

[n]
▶ counting on one's fingers

Cross references:
	⇒ see: 1848620 指折り数える 1. to count on one's fingers

History:

8.	A 2022-07-11 07:58:02 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	I think that's straying a bit too far into 直訳 territory.
7.	A* 2022-07-10 01:57:10 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	mk 多くのものの中で、指を折って数えあげるほどすぐれていること。
	Comments:	but that's what the word comes from, and it's not an uncommon expression in English (and it's not always taken literally in English either)
6.	A* 2022-07-10 01:41:37 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	I don't think it's needed. It's not even necessarily true.
5.	A* 2022-07-09 05:27:18 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	mk
	Comments:	It should be possible to throw in a gloss like "that can be counted on the fingers of one hand" for sense 1?
	Diff:	@@ -19 +19 @@ -<pos>&n;</pos> +<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
4.	A 2018-03-11 01:09:38 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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3.	A* 2018-03-10 21:29:05 Scott
	Diff:	@@ -7,0 +8,4 @@ +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>指折</keb> +<ke_inf>&io;</ke_inf>
2.	A 2017-10-31 11:25:03 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1.	A* 2017-10-27 20:48:27 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	daij, prog
	Comments:	Added sense.
	Diff:	@@ -18,0 +19,8 @@ +<gloss>foremost</gloss> +<gloss>distinguished</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<xref type="see" seq="1848620">指折り数える</xref> +<xref type="see" seq="1848620">指折り数える・1</xref> +<gloss>counting on one's fingers</gloss>

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