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jmdict 1607070 Active (id: 2147878)
叔父 [ichi1,news1,nf16] 伯父 [ichi1,news1,nf23]
おじ [ichi1,news1,nf16,nf23] はくふ (伯父)しゅくふ (叔父)
1. [n]
《伯父 or 叔父 respectively can mean older or younger than one's parent》
▶ uncle
Cross references:
  ⇔ see: 1607100 叔母【おば】 1. aunt
  ⇐ see: 2648930 伯父御【おじご】 1. uncle



History:
9. A 2021-09-28 04:22:55  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
8. A* 2021-09-27 15:08:23  Frazer Robinson
  Refs:
goog
叔父	599219
伯父	314492
wisdom
  Comments:
Also aligns with the 叔母 entry
  Diff:
@@ -3,0 +4,6 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>叔父</keb>
+<ke_pri>ichi1</ke_pri>
+<ke_pri>news1</ke_pri>
+<ke_pri>nf16</ke_pri>
+</k_ele>
@@ -9,6 +14,0 @@
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
-<keb>叔父</keb>
-<ke_pri>ichi1</ke_pri>
-<ke_pri>news1</ke_pri>
-<ke_pri>nf16</ke_pri>
7. A 2012-06-17 05:41:45  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
The JEs ignore older/younger. Koj and Daijr point them out. This is close to being two entries, but I'd really prefer one "おじ/uncle" entry.
  Diff:
@@ -34,1 +34,1 @@
-<s_inf>伯父 or 叔父 can mean older or younger than one's parent</s_inf>
+<s_inf>伯父 or 叔父 respectively can mean older or younger than one's parent</s_inf>
6. A* 2012-06-16 23:09:43 
  Comments:
Hi, "伯父 or 叔父 can mean older or younger than one's parent" seems rather ambiguous to me. The way I understand it from elsewhere is that 伯 is for older and 叔 is for younger, but I don't think the definition currently explains this very clearly. Perhaps at least there should be a "respectively" in there somewhere...
5. A 2011-07-24 23:10:40  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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