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[adj-na,n]
▶ kind and careful (instruction, explanation, etc.) ▶ considerate ▶ helpful ▶ thoughtful ▶ detailed ▶ scrupulous
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| 4. | A 2023-10-20 22:19:17 Robin Scott <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | gg5, prog, daij |
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| Comments: | 懇切 and 丁寧's definitions overlap quite a bit. I think this conveys the meaning more clearly. |
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| Diff: | @@ -20 +20 @@ -<gloss>kind</gloss> +<gloss>kind and careful (instruction, explanation, etc.)</gloss> @@ -23 +22,0 @@ -<gloss>caring</gloss> @@ -25,2 +24,2 @@ -<gloss>attentive</gloss> -<gloss>careful and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.)</gloss> +<gloss>detailed</gloss> +<gloss>scrupulous</gloss> |
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| 3. | A* 2023-10-19 18:12:56 Brian Krznarich <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | 懇切 176327 懇切丁寧 147300 <-- huge fraction of usage 懇切丁寧 = "kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); " https://kotobank.jp/word/懇切-506257 daijs[2]: 細かいところまで心が行き届いて親切なこと。また、そのさま。「懇切に説明する」 |
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| Comments: | When the glosses got changed from [n] to [adj] "exhaustiveness" got dropped. It appears to me while reading around that the "thorough" ("exhaustiveness") nuance of the derived 懇切丁寧 comes from the 懇切 half. |
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| Diff: | @@ -18,0 +19 @@ +<xref type="see" seq="2030940">懇切丁寧</xref> @@ -25 +26 @@ -<gloss>careful</gloss> +<gloss>careful and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.)</gloss> |
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| 2. | A 2018-07-07 22:05:01 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| 1. | A* 2018-07-07 12:52:43 Robin Scott <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | gg5, prog |
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| Comments: | JEs only have adjective glosses. |
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| Diff: | @@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ -<gloss>kindness</gloss> -<gloss>cordiality</gloss> -<gloss>exhaustiveness</gloss> +<gloss>kind</gloss> +<gloss>considerate</gloss> +<gloss>helpful</gloss> +<gloss>caring</gloss> +<gloss>thoughtful</gloss> +<gloss>attentive</gloss> +<gloss>careful</gloss> |
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