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一工夫 [news2,nf44] ；ひと工夫
【ひとくふう [news2,nf44] 】

[n,vs,vt]
▶ a bit of contrivance
▶ some fiddling
▶ a little ingenuity

Conjugations

History:

8.	A 2023-12-04 00:13:40 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	OK. I'm comfortable with dropping it in the absence of clear evidence.
	Diff:	@@ -24 +23,0 @@ -<gloss>a bit more</gloss>
7.	A* 2023-12-03 23:59:51 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	gg5: うーん, もう一工夫ほしいところだよ.　Come on; use your heads a bit more [let's have a bit more ingenuity].
	Comments:	Are you referring to the example above? The "bit more" in that sentence comes from もう. Unless we can find a more solid reference, I think that gloss should be dropped.
6.	A 2023-12-02 02:06:50 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	I'll drop that as a sense and restore it in sense 1. GG5 has it in an example.
	Diff:	@@ -24,5 +24 @@ -</sense> -<sense> -<pos>&n;</pos> -<misc>&col;</misc> -<gloss>bit more (e.g. food)</gloss> +<gloss>a bit more</gloss>
5.	A* 2023-12-02 01:43:32 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	I don't think sense 2 is clear. I'd add more detail but I'm not familiar with this usage and I can't find any examples.
4.	A 2023-10-06 22:37:54 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	We only have Nils' observation. May as well stay.
	Diff:	@@ -26,0 +27 @@ +<misc>&col;</misc>
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3.	A* 2023-10-03 23:48:44 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	meikyo 一工夫 162,447 65.4% ひと工夫 85,790 34.6%
	Comments:	Is there a source for sense 2? I think the glosses should include the indefinite article. "little ingenuity" and "a little ingenuity" are quite different.
	Diff:	@@ -7,0 +8,3 @@ +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>ひと工夫</keb> @@ -17,3 +20,4 @@ -<gloss>contrivance</gloss> -<gloss>bit of fiddling</gloss> -<gloss>little ingenuity</gloss> +<pos>&vt;</pos> +<gloss>a bit of contrivance</gloss> +<gloss>some fiddling</gloss> +<gloss>a little ingenuity</gloss>
2.	A 2011-08-28 07:10:03 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -17,3 +17,3 @@ -<gloss>a contrivance</gloss> -<gloss>a bit of fiddling</gloss> -<gloss>a little ingenuity</gloss> +<gloss>contrivance</gloss> +<gloss>bit of fiddling</gloss> +<gloss>little ingenuity</gloss> @@ -23,1 +23,1 @@ -<gloss>a bit more (e.g. food)</gloss> +<gloss>bit more (e.g. food)</gloss>
1.	A* 2011-08-28 05:57:17 Nils Roland Barth <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	GG5
	Comments:	* Split definitions to separate out “a bit more” (generally) from “fiddling, thinking” sense * Expand “fiddling” sense Used e.g. at soba restaurant chain for “a little bit more food” (extra tempura etc.).
	Diff:	@@ -18,1 +18,6 @@ -<gloss>a bit more</gloss> +<gloss>a bit of fiddling</gloss> +<gloss>a little ingenuity</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<gloss>a bit more (e.g. food)</gloss>

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