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jmdict 2846772 Active (id: 2083094)
童謡殺人
どうようさつじん
1. [n]
▶ nursery rhyme murder (e.g. in murder mystery fiction)
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2846771 見立て殺人 1. mitate satsujin; murder done in a way that alludes to something such as a nursery rhyme or a legend (esp. in crime fiction)



History:
4. A 2020-10-02 11:59:09  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
OK
3. A* 2020-10-01 23:47:35  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I think saying it's a "style" misrepresents the word - 童謡殺人 refers to the murder, not a style of fiction/writing.
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>nursery rhyme murder (style of murder mystery fiction)</gloss>
+<gloss>nursery rhyme murder (e.g. in murder mystery fiction)</gloss>
2. A 2020-10-01 05:45:45  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/見立て殺人
  Comments:
I don't think we need to go too far. I'll make 見立て殺人 go mucg the same.
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12,2 @@
-<gloss>nursery rhyme murder (i.e. in murder mystery fiction, such as in Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Niggers")</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="2846771">見立て殺人</xref>
+<gloss>nursery rhyme murder (style of murder mystery fiction)</gloss>
1. A* 2020-09-29 05:18:36  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijs
童謡殺人	464
  Comments:
Hard to gloss.
Not all that common.

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