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[n,adj-no]
[yoji]
▶ atavism ▶ throwback ▶ reappearance of an earlier characteristic ▶ skipping a generation ▶ reversion to ancestral type |
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| 3. | A 2022-08-10 08:12:28 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | Adding yoji tags based on gakken, shinmeikai and-or jitenon -*- via bulkupd.py -*- |
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| Diff: | @@ -12,0 +13 @@ +<misc>&yoji;</misc> |
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| 2. | A 2011-08-08 22:13:23 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | Most JEs just say "atavism" |
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| Diff: | @@ -14,1 +14,4 @@ -<gloss>(a trait) skipping a generation (present in a person and a grandparent, but not intervening parents)</gloss> +<gloss>throwback</gloss> +<gloss>reappearance of an earlier characteristic</gloss> +<gloss>skipping a generation</gloss> +<gloss>reversion to ancestral type</gloss> |
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| 1. | A* 2011-08-08 16:33:59 Nils Roland Barth <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | 大辞林、広辞苑 |
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| Comments: | * def: Add plain English definition “skipping a generation”(atavism is a very technical term) |
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| Diff: | @@ -14,0 +14,1 @@ +<gloss>(a trait) skipping a generation (present in a person and a grandparent, but not intervening parents)</gloss> |
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