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任侠 [news2,nf33] ； 仁侠； 任俠 [sK] ； 仁俠 [sK]
【 にんきょう [news2,nf33] ； じんきょう 】
1. [n]
▶ chivalry
▶ chivalrous spirit
▶ helping the weak and fighting the strong
2. [n-pref] [euph]
▶ yakuza
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2158660 任侠団体 1. yakuza group; chivalrous organization
  ⇒ see: 2826517 任侠映画 1. yakuza film; yakuza movie



History:
10. A 2022-09-02 05:38:09  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
9. A* 2022-09-02 05:28:22  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 任侠　　　 │ 91,020 │ 85.3% │
│ 仁侠　　　 │ 15,562 │ 14.6% │
│ 任俠　　　 │     78 │  0.1% │ 🡠 adding
│ 仁俠　　　 │     52 │  0.0% │ 🡠 adding
│ にんきょう │  6,476 │  N/A  │
│ じんきょう │    495 │  N/A  │
╰─ーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
  Comments: 
俠 is the jinmeiyō version of 侠
  Diff: 
@@ -10,0 +11,8 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>任俠</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>仁俠</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
8. A 2022-07-22 04:35:36  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -30 +30 @@
-<s_inf>euphemism</s_inf>
+<misc>&euph;</misc>
7. A 2022-05-28 23:43:29  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -28,0 +29 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2826517">任侠映画</xref>
6. A* 2022-05-27 23:39:44  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
The yakuza sense seems only to be used prenominally. I don't think it should be there as a free-standing noun.
Also, it's pretty clearly a euphemism and I think we should flag it as such. as we do in the 任侠団体 entry.
  Diff: 
@@ -27 +27,3 @@
-<pos>&n;</pos>
+<pos>&n-pref;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="2158660">任侠団体</xref>
+<s_inf>euphemism</s_inf>
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