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jmdict 1379890 Active (id: 2279091)
精液 [spec2,news2,nf31]
せいえき [spec2,news2,nf31]
1. [n]
▶ semen
▶ seminal fluid
▶ sperm
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 1379850 精【せい】 4. semen
  ⇐ see: 1058920 ザーメン 1. semen



History:
5. A 2023-10-03 00:46:59  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
OK, let's follow the JEs on this.
  Diff:
@@ -20,3 +19,0 @@
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<pos>&n;</pos>
4. A* 2023-10-02 11:04:56  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I don't think it makes sense to have a separate sense for sperm based on those two terms. Wiki defines spermatorrhea as "a condition of excessive, involuntary seminal discharge" and the fact that it's really the sperm rather than the semen that's the main "product" of a sperm bank seems kind of incodental whem i comes to the naming.
  Diff:
@@ -18 +17,0 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
3. A 2023-10-02 08:31:11  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
JEs have both glosses.
  Comments:
Strictly it is just semen, but it's used in terms such as 精液漏 and 精液銀行.
  Diff:
@@ -19,0 +20,4 @@
+<gloss>seminal fluid</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
2. A* 2023-10-02 05:33:38 
  Comments:
they're not the same. one is the liquid, other is the tadpole thing.
1. A* 2023-10-02 04:55:25 
  Refs:
研究社新英和・和英中辞典
  Diff:
@@ -19,0 +20 @@
+<gloss>sperm</gloss>

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