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jmdict 2847552 Deleted (id: 2289928)

ナメる
1. [v1,vt]
▶ to underestimate
▶ to make light of
▶ to look down on (someone)
▶ to make a fool of
▶ to treat with contempt
▶ to disparage
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1571320 舐める【なめる】 4. to underestimate; to make light of; to look down on (someone); to make a fool of; to treat with contempt; to disparage

Conjugations


History:
4. D 2024-01-25 01:43:08  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
OK. I've added it back there.
3. A* 2024-01-24 00:48:43  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5, prog, luminous
  Comments:
I think a simple reordering of the glosses is sufficient. None of the refs split.
I think we can delete this entry and add ナメる back to 1571320 as an sk form (with an "also written as ナメる" note on sense 4).
  Diff:
@@ -10,0 +11,2 @@
+<gloss>to underestimate</gloss>
+<gloss>to make light of</gloss>
@@ -12,2 +14 @@
-<gloss>to make fun of</gloss>
-<gloss>to put down</gloss>
+<gloss>to make a fool of</gloss>
@@ -15,5 +16 @@
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<pos>&v1;</pos>
-<pos>&vt;</pos>
-<gloss>to underestimate</gloss>
+<gloss>to disparage</gloss>
2. A* 2024-01-22 20:12:54  Brian Krznarich <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Some guesses I made and their ngrams:
冬をナメ	97	  
海をナメ	199
山をナメ	1069
  Comments:
Encountered as [2]: ナメていると死ぬよ。 (The winters here are bitter...) Underestimate them and you'll die.

Subtitled with katakana ナメ, consistent with the discussion that forked this entry off of 舐める.

Having "to underestimate" under [1] at the end of a long list has a couple of shortcomings:
1. This particular list really looks like it is trying to apply to people
2. At the end of the list, "underestimate"  looks like a context-dependent niche possibility, rather than a primary sense.

No one is talking about "looking down on", "making fun of", "putting down" or "mistreating" a mountain, I don't think.(refs)
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +15,4 @@
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&v1;</pos>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
1. A 2020-11-28 02:12:05  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Split from 1571320.

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