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文化祭
【ぶんかさい】

[n]
▶ school festival
▶ cultural festival
▶ [expl] annual open day school event showcasing student talent

History:

12.	A 2020-12-16 07:07:36 Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
11.	A* 2020-12-16 01:45:54 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	but again we normally omit "in Japan/Japanese", and then we're down to "annual open day school event" which doesn't really explain much. I've tried adding to it so that we're actually explaining it a little better. I was going to add "held in the fall" but it looks as if there's a minority of schools doing them in the spring instead. I don't think there's any reason to omit "school festival" which is in chujiten, eij, etc. It's less opaque than "cultural festival", a gloss which I don't think will mean much to anybody who's not already familiar with the concept.
	Diff:	@@ -11,0 +12 @@ +<gloss>school festival</gloss> @@ -13 +14 @@ -<gloss g_type="expl">annual open day event held by schools in Japan</gloss> +<gloss g_type="expl">annual open day school event showcasing student talent</gloss>
10.	A 2020-12-16 00:36:41 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	I found it a bit opaque without the explanation.
9.	A* 2020-12-15 10:23:44 Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	I added the explanatory gloss because when I looked up this word and read "school festival; cultural festival; arts festival" then I did not understand what it meant.
8.	A* 2020-12-15 09:42:23 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	I think "school festival" is the most informative　− that two-word gloss already implies "annual event held by school", which again, is why I don't think we need the expl.
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7.	A* 2020-12-15 07:57:14 Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	I think this is clearest The first gloss will lead the user to an informative Wikipedia article
	Diff:	@@ -12 +11,0 @@ -<gloss>school festival</gloss> @@ -14 +13 @@ -<gloss>arts festival</gloss> +<gloss g_type="expl">annual open day event held by schools in Japan</gloss>
6.	A* 2020-12-15 02:14:27 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	daijs and nikk "大学や高校・中学などで" but native Osakan informer in her 30's had 文化祭 at her 小学校 too.
	Comments:	usually we skip spelling out "Japanese"/"in Japan". I'm not seeing much in the expl's that's not already implied by "school festival". I suggest leaving it out.
	Diff:	@@ -15 +14,0 @@ -<gloss g_type="expl">annual open day event held by schools in Japan</gloss>
5.	A* 2020-12-15 01:07:51 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	I don't think "most" is necessary.
	Diff:	@@ -15 +15 @@ -<gloss g_type="expl">annual open day event held by most schools in Japan</gloss> +<gloss g_type="expl">annual open day event held by schools in Japan</gloss>
4.	A 2020-12-13 22:50:23 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3.	A* 2020-12-13 15:40:11 Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	wiki(Cultural festival (Japan))
	Diff:	@@ -14,0 +15 @@ +<gloss g_type="expl">annual open day event held by most schools in Japan</gloss>
2.	A 2013-09-13 07:13:38 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_festival_(Japan)
	Comments:	gg5, eij both have 'cultural festival' as well. i think it should be kept as a standard translation
	Diff:	@@ -13,0 +13,1 @@ +<gloss>cultural festival</gloss>
1.	A* 2013-09-13 07:01:18 Marcus Richert
	Refs:	daijs nikk wiki
	Comments:	what does "culture festival" really mean in English?
	Diff:	@@ -12,1 +12,1 @@ -<gloss>culture festival</gloss> +<gloss>school festival</gloss>

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