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jmdict 1930520 Active (id: 1946437)
運動家
うんどうか
1. [n]
▶ activist
▶ campaigner
▶ crusader (e.g. for women's rights)
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1208370 活動家 1. activist
2. [n]
▶ athlete
▶ sporty person



History:
2. A 2017-02-24 06:35:27  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2017-02-23 22:03:01  Robin Scott
  Refs:
daijr, daijs
KM n-grams:
運動家	4492
活動家	14322
  Comments:
activist def.: "a person who campaigns to bring about political or social change"
   運動家 def.: "社会運動や政治運動に専念している人"

We don't need the "political" qualifier on "activist".
---
I don't know if "sporty" is a BrE expression but I thought it was a good translation of 運動競技を好んでする人.
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12,4 @@
-<gloss>activist (in a political movement)</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="1208370">活動家</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1208370">活動家</xref>
+<gloss>activist</gloss>
+<gloss>campaigner</gloss>
@@ -17,0 +21 @@
+<gloss>sporty person</gloss>

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