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jmdict 1329750 Active (id: 1084020)
受験地獄
じゅけんじごく
1. [n]
▶ examination hell
▶ ordeal of entrance examinations



History:
2. A 2012-01-21 06:08:10  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Not just university entrance.
  Diff:
@@ -13,1 +13,1 @@
-<gloss>ordeal of university entrance examinations</gloss>
+<gloss>ordeal of entrance examinations</gloss>
1. A* 2012-01-20 08:09:24  Nils Roland Barth <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5
  Comments:
* Reorder glosses – put literal and evocative “examination hell” first
* Reword – focus is on *ordeal*, not *competitive*
(see 受験戦争 for focus on competitiveness)
  Diff:
@@ -12,1 +12,2 @@
-<gloss>competitive university entrance examinations (lit: examination hell)</gloss>
+<gloss>examination hell</gloss>
+<gloss>ordeal of university entrance examinations</gloss>

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jmdict 1534260 Rejected (id: 1084034)
盲腸 [ichi1,news2,nf36]
もうちょう [ichi1,news2,nf36]
1. [n,adj-no] [col]
▶ appendix
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1426770 虫垂 1. (vermiform) appendix
2. [n,adj-no]
▶ cecum
▶ caecum
▶ blind gut

History:
3. R 2012-01-21 08:23:18  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
NSJ comment.
2. A* 2012-01-21 06:17:23  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I can't find any ref for 盲腸 meaning appendicitis.
  Diff:
@@ -26,7 +26,0 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1426780">虫垂炎</xref>
-<misc>&col;</misc>
-<gloss>appendicitis</gloss>
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
1. A* 2012-01-20 13:16:12  Nils Roland Barth <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Split “appendix” (organ) and “appendicitis” (disease) into separate glosses.
  Diff:
@@ -20,0 +20,6 @@
+<misc>&col;</misc>
+<gloss>appendix</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -22,1 +28,0 @@
-<gloss>appendix</gloss>

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jmdict 1707920 Active (id: 1915496)
取っておき取って置き
とっておき
1. [adj-no,n] [uk]
▶ reserve
▶ spare
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2830580 取っとき【とっとき】 3. (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
2. [adj-no,n] [uk]
▶ treasured
▶ valued
3. [adj-no,n] [uk]
▶ (ace) up one's sleeve
▶ trump



History:
7. A 2015-05-25 06:36:55  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
6. A* 2015-05-18 20:25:37 
  Refs:
n-grams (4:1)
  Diff:
@@ -15,0 +16 @@
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
@@ -21,0 +23 @@
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
@@ -27,0 +30 @@
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
5. A 2013-12-03 04:29:31  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2013-12-03 02:01:07  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
新和英中辞典
daijs
prog
  Comments:
"Trump" is really a noun, I guess, but it seems the perfect 
word for it.
  Diff:
@@ -16,0 +16,7 @@
+<gloss>reserve</gloss>
+<gloss>spare</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<gloss>treasured</gloss>
@@ -17,2 +24,6 @@
-<gloss>the best</gloss>
-<gloss>object set aside or held in reserve</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<gloss>(ace) up one's sleeve</gloss>
+<gloss>trump</gloss>
3. A* 2013-12-02 21:27:28  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Ngrams, 新和英中辞典
  Diff:
@@ -4,0 +4,3 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>取っておき</keb>
+</k_ele>
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jmdict 1711350 Active (id: 1084017)
塗り薬塗薬
ぬりぐすり
1. [n]
▶ medical cream
▶ ointment
▶ salve
▶ liniment



History:
2. A 2012-01-21 01:59:47  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2012-01-20 13:22:40  Nils Roland Barth <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Reword and reorder glosses – “medical cream” (“spread medicine”) is simplest, and is how this is used (it’s pretty casual).
I’ve never heard “liniment” in English; that’s a very technical term, hence should be last.
  Diff:
@@ -15,1 +15,1 @@
-<gloss>liniment</gloss>
+<gloss>medical cream</gloss>
@@ -18,0 +18,1 @@
+<gloss>liniment</gloss>

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jmdict 1737020 Active (id: 1084043)
水系 [news1,nf19]
すいけい [news1,nf19]
1. [n]
▶ water system
▶ river system
▶ drainage system



History:
3. A 2012-01-21 20:24:30  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2012-01-21 06:21:47  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5, etc.
  Comments:
Can't see any refs for tributary as a separate sense.
  Diff:
@@ -16,0 +16,2 @@
+<gloss>water system</gloss>
+<gloss>river system</gloss>
@@ -18,4 +20,0 @@
-<sense>
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<gloss>tributary</gloss>
-</sense>
1. A* 2012-01-20 01:28:09  Alex T. <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -18,0 +18,4 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<gloss>tributary</gloss>
+</sense>

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jmdict 1937570 Active (id: 1084018)
受験戦争
じゅけんせんそう
1. [n]
▶ examination war
▶ fiercely competitive university entrance examinations



History:
2. A 2012-01-21 02:00:16  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2012-01-20 08:14:04  Nils Roland Barth <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Reword and detail glosses
  Diff:
@@ -12,1 +12,2 @@
-<gloss>fiercely competitive entrance examinations</gloss>
+<gloss>examination war</gloss>
+<gloss>fiercely competitive university entrance examinations</gloss>

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jmdict 2004750 Active (id: 2199620)
四当五落4当5落
よんとうごらく
1. [exp]
▶ sleep four hours and pass, sleep five hours and fail (when cramming for university entrance exams)



History:
6. A 2022-08-01 02:15:56  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Remove unsupported yoji tag
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -15 +14,0 @@
-<misc>&yoji;</misc>
5. A 2017-08-06 00:27:01  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2017-08-05 10:52:04  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
usually I remove [yoji] tags, but here I think I will add one
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<misc>&yoji;</misc>
3. A 2012-01-21 06:24:01  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Trimming. I don't think the extra stuff is needed.
  Diff:
@@ -15,2 +15,1 @@
-<gloss>sleep four hours and pass, sleep five hours and fail (nightly sleep when cramming for university entrance exams)</gloss>
-<gloss>four-pass, five-fail</gloss>
+<gloss>sleep four hours and pass, sleep five hours and fail (when cramming for university entrance exams)</gloss>
2. A* 2012-01-20 08:21:15  Nils Roland Barth <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Better wording
  Diff:
@@ -15,1 +15,1 @@
-<gloss>sleep four hours pass, sleep five hours fail (cramming for university entrance exams)</gloss>
+<gloss>sleep four hours and pass, sleep five hours and fail (nightly sleep when cramming for university entrance exams)</gloss>
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jmdict 2443250 Active (id: 1926465)
花開く花ひらく華開く
はなひらく
1. [exp,v5k]
▶ to blossom
▶ to flower
▶ to bloom

Conjugations


History:
7. A 2016-01-24 11:31:51  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
6. A* 2016-01-22 08:27:12  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
KM ngrams:
花開く	3529
花ひらく	455
華開く	123
  Comments:
Saw it in the sentence
遣唐使が廃止された以降...国風分化が華開いたのです。
  Diff:
@@ -8,0 +9,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>華開く</keb>
5. A 2012-01-21 02:01:03  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2012-01-20 08:04:50  Nils Roland Barth <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
2,450,000 花開く
  795,000 花ひらく
  Comments:
* Add alt spelling 花ひらく (saw as such in textbook today)
  Diff:
@@ -6,0 +6,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>花ひらく</keb>
3. A 2010-07-31 05:37:41  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +11,1 @@
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
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jmdict 2679290 Active (id: 2149690)
イヌ科犬科
イヌか (イヌ科)いぬか (犬科)
1. [n]
▶ Canidae (family containing domestic dogs, wolves, foxes, etc.)



History:
6. A 2021-10-07 01:09:28  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -20,2 +20 @@
-<gloss>Canidae</gloss>
-<gloss g_type="expl">family containing domestic dogs, wolves, foxes, etc.</gloss>
+<gloss>Canidae (family containing domestic dogs, wolves, foxes, etc.)</gloss>
5. A 2012-10-20 01:35:38  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -20,1 +20,2 @@
-<gloss>Canidae (family containing domestic dogs, wolves, foxes, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>Canidae</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">family containing domestic dogs, wolves, foxes, etc.</gloss>
4. A 2012-04-19 02:25:44  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2012-04-18 02:55:00  Jim Breen
  Refs:
En Wikip
  Comments:
Missing family overview.
  Diff:
@@ -20,1 +20,1 @@
-<gloss>Canidae</gloss>
+<gloss>Canidae (family containing domestic dogs, wolves, foxes, etc.)</gloss>
2. A 2012-01-20 04:29:04  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
nikk
  Comments:
refers to the family, not a member of that family
  Diff:
@@ -7,0 +7,7 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>犬科</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>イヌか</reb>
+<re_restr>イヌ科</re_restr>
+</r_ele>
@@ -9,0 +16,1 @@
+<re_restr>犬科</re_restr>
@@ -12,1 +20,1 @@
-<gloss>canid</gloss>
+<gloss>Canidae</gloss>
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jmdict 2679300 Active (id: 1112707)
日台
にったい
1. [n]
▶ Japanese-Taiwanese
▶ Japan-Taiwan



History:
4. A 2012-10-01 11:59:03  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I think it is. I've only ever see it in things like 日台航空路線.
3. A* 2012-09-26 05:15:11  Marcus
  Comments:
not really n-pref, is it?
  Diff:
@@ -11,1 +11,0 @@
-<pos>&n-pref;</pos>
2. A 2012-01-21 06:24:45  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2012-01-20 13:05:22  Nils Roland Barth <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5, 英辞郎
  Comments:
Used in class today (many Taiwanese students)

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jmdict 2679310 Active (id: 2074138)
飛行の三鈷
ひぎょうのさんこ
1. [exp,n] {Buddhism}
▶ three-pronged vajra flung by Kukai on his return from China to determine the Holy Land of Esoteric Buddhism



History:
6. A 2020-07-03 23:42:49  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -10,0 +11 @@
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
5. A 2020-07-03 05:42:01  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2020-07-03 05:01:18  Opencooper
  Comments:
Buddism -> Buddhism
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>three-pronged vajra flung by Kukai on his return from China to determine the Holy Land of Esoteric Buddism</gloss>
+<gloss>three-pronged vajra flung by Kukai on his return from China to determine the Holy Land of Esoteric Buddhism</gloss>
3. A 2012-01-23 09:39:27  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +12,1 @@
+<field>&Buddh;</field>
2. A* 2012-01-23 09:39:09  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
koj, daij
  Diff:
@@ -5,1 +5,1 @@
-<keb>飛行三鈷</keb>
+<keb>飛行の三鈷</keb>
@@ -8,1 +8,1 @@
-<reb>ひぎょうさんこ</reb>
+<reb>ひぎょうのさんこ</reb>
@@ -12,2 +12,1 @@
-<gloss>"flying three-prong"</gloss>
-<gloss>the three-pronged vajra pestle flung by Kukai on his return from China to determine the Holy Land of Esoteric Buddism (密教)</gloss>
+<gloss>three-pronged vajra flung by Kukai on his return from China to determine the Holy Land of Esoteric Buddism</gloss>
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jmdict 2679320 Active (id: 1953573)
圏界面
けんかいめん
1. [n]
▶ tropopause
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2679330 対流圏界面 1. tropopause



History:
4. A 2017-06-14 23:35:36  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
In the case of abbreviations, yes.
I don't think this is considered an abbreviation but an x-ref is helpful nonetheless.
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2679330">対流圏界面・たいりゅうけんかいめん</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2679330">対流圏界面</xref>
3. A* 2017-06-14 11:06:55  Amen Lernsky <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
i guess the xrefs usually go from the shorter entry to the longer.
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2679330">対流圏界面・たいりゅうけんかいめん</xref>
2. A 2012-01-21 06:25:13  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2012-01-20 23:56:41  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
eij, gg5

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jmdict 2679330 Active (id: 1935873)
対流圏界面
たいりゅうけんかいめん
1. [n]
▶ tropopause
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2679320 圏界面【けんかいめん】 1. tropopause



History:
4. A 2016-10-01 22:36:55  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Indeed.
3. A* 2016-10-01 16:03:48  Kim Ahlström <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/対流圏界面
https://kotobank.jp/word/対流圏界
面-1360004#E3.83.87.E3.82.B8.E3.82.BF.E3.83.AB.E5.A4.A7.E8.BE.9E.E6.B3.89
  Comments:
The reading for かいめん looks like it was incorrect.
  Diff:
@@ -8 +8 @@
-<reb>たいりゅうけんげんかい</reb>
+<reb>たいりゅうけんかいめん</reb>
2. A 2012-01-21 06:25:29  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2012-01-20 23:57:00  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
eij, gg5

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