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発電 [ichi1,news1,nf05] 發電 [sK]
はつでん [ichi1,news1,nf05]
1. [n,vs,vt,vi]
▶ generation of electricity
▶ power generation
2. [n,vs,vt,vi] [obs]
▶ sending a telegram
▶ telegraphing

Conjugations


History:
5. A 2024-02-29 03:57:10  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2024-02-28 23:18:21  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5, prog, luminous
発電	4,251,387		
發電	1,407
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12 @@
-<ke_inf>&oK;</ke_inf>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -23,2 +23,4 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
-<gloss>generation (e.g. power)</gloss>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
+<gloss>generation of electricity</gloss>
+<gloss>power generation</gloss>
@@ -28,0 +31,2 @@
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
3. A 2014-10-09 08:42:11  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Sense 2 is in my 昭和3 JE (as 發電). Quite obsolete now.
  Diff:
@@ -8,0 +9,4 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>發電</keb>
+<ke_inf>&oK;</ke_inf>
@@ -24,0 +29 @@
+<misc>&obs;</misc>
@@ -25,0 +31 @@
+<gloss>telegraphing</gloss>
2. A* 2014-10-09 06:22:00  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
not sure there's enough evidence of this usage in Japanese 
to include (from some light googling), but it seems it is 
used in this meaning in Chinese:
http://cjjc.weblio.jp/content/発電
(wiktionary)
1. A* 2014-10-09 03:17:16  Curtis Naito <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
I've repeatedly seen this word in books apparently used to mean "sending a telegram". For example, "海軍は、大海令十三号を博恭王軍令部総長名で、上海の長谷川第三艦隊司令長官に発電している。"

I found one example of this on ejje.weblio.jp.
http://ejje.weblio.jp/sentence/content/"ロンドン発電に曰く"
  Diff:
@@ -21,0 +22,5 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<pos>&vs;</pos>
+<gloss>sending a telegram</gloss>
+</sense>

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