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島 [ichi1,news1,nf02] ；嶋 [rK]
【しま [ichi1,news1,nf02] ；シマ [sk] 】

1.	[n] ▶ island
2.	[n] [uk] 《usu. written as シマ》 ▶ one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.) ▶ one's turf

History:

11.	A 2024-01-14 23:09:13 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Because it only applies to sense 2 and we prefer to this approach to having a [restr=しま] tag on sense 1.
10.	A* 2024-01-14 22:56:36 penname01
	Comments:	why is シマ search-only?
9.	A 2024-01-11 18:07:12 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	https://www.keiben-oasis.com/keibenterms/シマシマを荒らす 1,262 島を荒らす 103 ヤクザのシマ 158 ヤクザの島 0
	Diff:	@@ -22 +22 @@ -<re_nokanji/> +<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf> @@ -31 +31,2 @@ -<gloss>one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang)</gloss> +<s_inf>usu. written as シマ</s_inf> +<gloss>one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.)</gloss>
8.	A* 2024-01-11 15:40:39 penname01
	Refs:	Google N-gram Corpus Counts ╭─ーー─┬────────────┬───────╮ │ 島　 │ 18,648,251 │ 91.1% │ │ 嶋　 │ 895,666 │ 4.4% │ │ シマ │ 924,859 │ 4.5% │ ╰─ーー─┴────────────┴───────╯
	Comments:	found used for the 2nd sense
	Diff:	@@ -18,0 +19,4 @@ +</r_ele> +<r_ele> +<reb>シマ</reb> +<re_nokanji/>
7.	A 2023-10-24 21:52:03 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	I don't think the x-ref is needed.
	Diff:	@@ -26 +25,0 @@ -<xref type="see" seq="1599710">縄張り・2</xref>
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6.	A 2023-10-22 13:42:47 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	Google N-gram Corpus Counts 嶋に住んで 0 0.0% 島に住んで 16293 100.0
	Diff:	@@ -11,0 +12 @@ +<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf> @@ -25 +26 @@ -<xref type="see" seq="1599710">縄張り・なわばり・2</xref> +<xref type="see" seq="1599710">縄張り・2</xref>
5.	A 2020-09-20 22:32:42 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -29 +29 @@ -<gloss>one's territory (e.g. sex worker, organized crime gang)</gloss> +<gloss>one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang)</gloss>
4.	A* 2020-09-19 02:51:25 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	GG5 (2) 〔やくざなどの縄張り〕 one's turf; one's territory. 中辞典 (2) 〈なわ張り〉 one's territory [turf]. Daijr (2) ある限られた地域。一般社会から区別された区域。遊郭ややくざの縄張りなどをいう。
	Comments:	It seems to be often associated with those activities. I think some comment is worthwhile.
	Diff:	@@ -24,0 +25,2 @@ +<xref type="see" seq="1599710">縄張り・なわばり・2</xref> +<xref type="see" seq="1599710">縄張り・なわばり・2</xref> @@ -26,2 +28,2 @@ -<gloss>territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.)</gloss> -<gloss>turf</gloss> +<gloss>one's territory (e.g. sex worker, organized crime gang)</gloss> +<gloss>one's turf</gloss>
3.	A* 2020-09-19 01:58:37
	Comments:	I think　the "territory" sense is wider than just sex workers/crime gangs. Those examples are a little misleading, it's not all about the criminal underworld. (or wasn't, really, I think it's a somewhat dated expression)
2.	A 2020-07-08 22:31:38 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1.	A* 2020-07-08 15:57:19
	Diff:	@@ -26 +26 @@ -<gloss>territory (of a prostitute, organized crime gang, etc.)</gloss> +<gloss>territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.)</gloss>

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