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| 1. |
[v5k,vt]
▶ to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.) ▶ to cull |
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| 2. |
[v5k,vt]
▶ to run on a curtailed schedule ▶ to cut down ▶ to reduce |
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| 3. |
[v5k,vt]
[hist]
▶ to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties) |
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| 5. | A 2020-09-12 21:41:59 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | GG5: thin [cull] (out) 《plants》. |
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| Comments: | May as well keep"cull". It is also used for plants. |
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| Diff: | @@ -17,0 +18 @@ +<gloss>to cull</gloss> |
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| 4. | A* 2020-09-12 16:59:51 Johan Råde <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | gg5 koj daijs Also compare www images for 間引く and "cull" |
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| Comments: | 間引く is mostly used for plants and "to cull" for animals. |
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| Diff: | @@ -17 +17 @@ -<gloss>to thin out or cull (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.)</gloss> +<gloss>to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.)</gloss> |
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| 3. | A* 2020-09-12 15:30:56 Todd Faulkner <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | "Cull" absolutely needs to be in meaning; I can see it was previously removed. |
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| Diff: | @@ -17 +17 @@ -<gloss>to thin out (plants, crops, etc.)</gloss> +<gloss>to thin out or cull (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.)</gloss> |
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| 2. | A 2020-04-02 20:07:43 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | Could be "arch". |
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| 1. | A* 2020-04-02 14:25:35 Robin Scott <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | daij, meikyo |
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| Comments: | Splitting into senses. Shinmeikai says "(江戸時代、貧困家庭で)" for sense 3. Not sure if this is an appropriate use of the hist tag. |
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| Diff: | @@ -17,2 +17,5 @@ -<gloss>to thin out</gloss> -<gloss>to cull</gloss> +<gloss>to thin out (plants, crops, etc.)</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&v5k;</pos> +<pos>&vt;</pos> @@ -19,0 +23,8 @@ +<gloss>to cut down</gloss> +<gloss>to reduce</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&v5k;</pos> +<pos>&vt;</pos> +<misc>&hist;</misc> +<gloss>to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)</gloss> |
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