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河童 [news2,nf33]
かっぱ [news2,nf33] カッパ (nokanji)かわっぱ [ok]
1. [n]
▶ kappa
▶ [expl] mythical water-dwelling creature
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2026080 尻子玉【しりこだま】 1. mythical ball inside the anus that is sought after by kappa
  ⇐ see: 2736370 河太郎【かわたろう】 1. kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
  ⇐ see: 2736380 河伯【かはく】 1. kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
  ⇐ see: 2558000 陸に上がった河童【おかにあがったかっぱ】 1. a fish out of water; a kappa up on land
  ⇐ see: 1778500 河童の屁【かっぱのへ】 1. something easy to do; cinch; a kappa's fart
  ⇐ see: 2736400 頭の皿【あたまのさら】 2. plate-like depression on the top of a kappa's head
  ⇐ see: 2591200 猿猴【えんこう】 3. kappa
  ⇐ see: 1270260 お河童【おかっぱ】 1. bobbed hair
2. (かっぱ,カッパ only) [n] [col]
▶ excellent swimmer
3. (かっぱ,カッパ only) [n] [col]
▶ cucumber
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1591500 胡瓜 1. cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
4. (かっぱ,カッパ only) [n] [abbr,uk]
▶ cucumber sushi wrapped in nori
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1193560 かっぱ巻き 1. cucumber sushi wrapped in nori; cucumber makizushi



History:
13. A 2023-11-06 05:18:55  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Aligning.
  Diff:
@@ -49 +49 @@
-<gloss>cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)</gloss>
+<gloss>cucumber sushi wrapped in nori</gloss>
12. A 2023-10-29 20:56:54  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
11. A* 2023-10-29 18:03:25  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Sankoku has a 俗 tag on "excellent swimmer."
Iwakoku has it on "cucumber."
  Diff:
@@ -30,0 +31 @@
+<misc>&col;</misc>
@@ -34,0 +36 @@
+<stagr>カッパ</stagr>
@@ -36,0 +39 @@
+<misc>&col;</misc>
10. A 2020-12-04 06:06:11  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
OK.
  Diff:
@@ -25 +25 @@
-<gloss g_type="expl">mythical turtle-like humanoid creature with a beak for mouth and a water-filled depression on the top of its head</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">mythical water-dwelling creature</gloss>
9. A* 2020-12-04 05:34:45  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I really prefer just the "mythical water-dwelling creature". We don't need to be encyclopedic.
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jmdict 1193540 Rejected (id: 2089190)
河童 [news2,nf33]
かっぱ [news2,nf33] カッパ (nokanji)かわわっぱ [ok] かあっぱ [ok] かあらんべ [ok]
1. [n]
▶ kappa
▶ [expl] mythical turtle-like humanoid creature with a beak for mouth and a water-filled depression on the top of its head
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2736370 河太郎【かわたろう】 1. kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
  ⇐ see: 2736380 河伯【かはく】 1. kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
  ⇐ see: 2558000 陸に上がった河童【おかにあがったかっぱ】 1. a fish out of water; a kappa up on land
  ⇐ see: 1778500 河童の屁【かっぱのへ】 1. something easy to do; cinch; a kappa's fart
2. (かっぱ,カッパ only) [n]
▶ excellent swimmer
3. (かっぱ only) [n]
▶ cucumber
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1591500 胡瓜 1. cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
4. (かっぱ,カッパ only) [n] [abbr,uk]
▶ cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1193560 かっぱ巻き 1. cucumber sushi wrapped in nori; cucumber makizushi

History:
8. R 2020-12-02 06:10:31  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
fork
7. A* 2020-12-02 06:10:12  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Does this make the expl more helpful? The kappa is such a well-known monster in Japan I think we should explain it a 
little better.
  Diff:
@@ -33 +33 @@
-<gloss g_type="expl">mythical water-dwelling creature</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">mythical turtle-like humanoid creature with a beak for mouth and a water-filled depression on the top of its head</gloss>
6. A* 2020-12-02 02:22:08  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
河童はきゅうり	58
河童は胡瓜	43
かっぱはきゅうり	128
かっぱは胡瓜	No matches
カッパはきゅうり	34
カッパは胡瓜	No matches


河童という妖怪	34
かっぱという妖怪	No matches
カッパという妖怪	No matches


河童伝説 	6070
かっぱ伝説	4248
カッパ伝説	2617


妖怪の河童	57
妖怪のかっぱ	No matches
妖怪のカッパ	40


河童と出会って	30
かっぱと出会って	No matches
カッパと出会って	38

(sense 2?)
泳ぐ河童	80
泳ぐかっぱ	No matches
泳ぐカッパ	49

sense is maybe not quite uk, but almost.
  Comments:
we could mention in the expl of sense 1 that they like cucumbers (it explains sense 4, かっぱ巻き)
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +13,4 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>カッパ</reb>
+<re_nokanji/>
@@ -32,0 +37 @@
+<stagr>カッパ</stagr>
@@ -43,0 +49 @@
+<stagr>カッパ</stagr>
@@ -45 +51 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1193560">河童巻き</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1193560">かっぱ巻き</xref>
@@ -47 +53,2 @@
-<gloss>rolled sushi containing a stick of cucumber</gloss>
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
+<gloss>cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)</gloss>
5. A 2013-09-14 02:50:56  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -28,1 +28,2 @@
-<gloss>kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)</gloss>
+<gloss>kappa</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">mythical water-dwelling creature</gloss>
4. A 2012-08-21 08:21:43  Paul Upchurch <...address hidden...>
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