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jmdict 1015140 Active (id: 2277874)

アクアラングアクア・ラング [sk]
1. [n] {trademark}
▶ aqualung
▶ scuba gear
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1068040 スキューバ 1. scuba; scuba diving equipment; scuba gear



History:
2. A 2023-09-24 17:03:38  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I think アクア・ラング should be hidden. All the other refs treat it as one word.
  Diff:
@@ -8,0 +9 @@
+<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
1. A* 2023-09-24 16:01:09  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
iwakoku: スキューバの商標名。
sankoku: 〔Aqua-Lung= 商標名〕
smk:     〔Aqua-Lung=水の肺。商標名〕

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_Lung
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuba_set

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーー─┬────────╮
│ アクアラング  │ 14,518 │
│ アクア・ラング │      0 │ - add (iwakoku)
├─ーーーーーーー─┼────────┤
│ スキューバ   │ 34,457 │
╰─ーーーーーーー─┴────────╯
  Comments:
Wiki says "aqualung" is another name for scuba gear in English, so I think it's okay to have as a gloss.
Probably not necessary to spell out the SCUBA acronym here
  Diff:
@@ -6,0 +7,3 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>アクア・ラング</reb>
+</r_ele>
@@ -8,0 +12,2 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="1068040">スキューバ</xref>
+<field>&tradem;</field>
@@ -10,2 +15 @@
-<gloss>Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus</gloss>
-<gloss>SCUBA</gloss>
+<gloss>scuba gear</gloss>

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