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名器
めいき
1. [n]
▶ famous utensil
▶ excellent utensil
2. [n]
▶ famed musical instrument (e.g. a Stradivarius)
▶ excellent musical instrument
3. [n] [vulg]
▶ excellent vagina
▶ formidable vulva



History:
4. A 2020-09-19 00:48:47  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2020-09-18 21:25:29  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daij, prog, Wisdom
  Comments:
I don't think it's necessarily rare.
  Diff:
@@ -12,2 +12,2 @@
-<gloss>rare utensil</gloss>
-<gloss>famous article</gloss>
+<gloss>famous utensil</gloss>
+<gloss>excellent utensil</gloss>
@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<gloss>excellent musical instrument</gloss>
2. A 2018-04-25 04:39:38  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Those tags are based on an oldish newspaper-based count. 
I suspected they actually mean "vulva" for sense 3. The WWW images are for both.
  Diff:
@@ -6,2 +5,0 @@
-<ke_pri>news2</ke_pri>
-<ke_pri>nf44</ke_pri>
@@ -11,2 +8,0 @@
-<re_pri>news2</re_pri>
-<re_pri>nf44</re_pri>
@@ -27 +23 @@
-<gloss>formidable vagina</gloss>
+<gloss>formidable vulva</gloss>
1. A* 2018-04-20 11:54:37  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
prog gg5 daij
google images
google results (at least first 5 hits are for sense 3)
sense 3 is based on 性器. not sure if sl.
  Comments:
Are the news2 nf44 tags really correct?
  Diff:
@@ -16,2 +16,12 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
-<gloss>rare or famous utensil or instrument</gloss>
+<gloss>rare utensil</gloss>
+<gloss>famous article</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<gloss>famed musical instrument (e.g. a Stradivarius)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<misc>&vulg;</misc>
+<gloss>excellent vagina</gloss>
+<gloss>formidable vagina</gloss>

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