I approved the dropping "to be idle" because it lacked the context of the term.

koj

「何サボってんの？」 can mean "why are you slacking off" i.e. "get back to work"
most importantly, it can be said by a teacher to an idle student (e.g. student chatting with friend) with no insinuation that the student is cutting class at the moment

"to be idle" was not a bad translation

@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<gloss>to slack off</gloss>

@@ -22,2 +21,0 @@
-<gloss>to be idle</gloss>
-<gloss>to sabotage by slowness</gloss>

* all the J-Es: gg5; chuujiten; wisdom; prog; genius
* meikyo: 〔俗〕; jawiki: 俗語

@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<misc>&col;</misc>
@@ -18,0 +20 @@
+<gloss>to cut class</gloss>

Maybe both.

daijr/s, prog
Some early Google hits for 学校　サボタージュ:
「学校サボタージュしてセミナーに行ってきた」「今日は学校をサボタージュしています」「今日は学校サボタージュ」「取り得なくて学校サボタージュだらけで日数ヤバくて」

Not sure if the reference should go from this to サボる (since サボる is more common), or from サボる to this (since サボる derives from this).

@@ -19,0 +19,11 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<pos>&vs;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="1057580">サボる</xref>
+<gloss>being idle</gloss>
+<gloss>slackening</gloss>
+<gloss>being truant</gloss>
+<gloss>playing hooky</gloss>
+<gloss>skipping school</gloss>
+<gloss>skipping out</gloss>
+</sense>

yes, let's keep it

@@ -6,0 +6,4 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>サボタージ</reb>
+<re_inf>&ik;</re_inf>

GG5, 新和英中辞典, etc.
新和英中辞典 has "英語の sabotage は機械や建物に対する破壊行為"

Normally I'd like to keep  サボタージ with an "ik" (incorrect kana) tag. In this case, people looking up サボタージ will find サボタージュ.
Correcting meaning.

@@ -10,2 +10,4 @@
-<lsource xml:lang="fre"/>
-<gloss>sabotage</gloss>
+<lsource xml:lang="fre">sabotage</lsource>
+<gloss>work-to-rule</gloss>
+<gloss>go-slow strike</gloss>
+<gloss>slowdown</gloss>

Google response: 
サボタージュ：約 839,000 件
サボタージ：約 5,230 件

I never saw サボタージ員. Its french, so Japanese tends to 
transcribe "ge" as ジュ.  

Since サボタージ員/サボタージ found on the net are practically 
this dictionary origin data.  So this is best removed and 
replace with proper spell.

@@ -6,3 +6,0 @@
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>サボタージ</reb>

Lsrc?  I've lived in Oz for most of my 65 years, and I assure you we don't have a coin called a "nugget".

@@ -9,2 +9,1 @@
-<lsource xml:lang="eng">eng</lsource>
-<gloss>nugget (e.g. gold, chicken, fish, Australian coin)</gloss>
+<gloss>nugget (e.g. gold, chicken, fish)</gloss>

GG5 daijr koj

lsrc, examples
(I don’t think we need several senses; it’s just “how nugget 
is used”)
(Saw for chicken nugget.)

@@ -9,1 +9,2 @@
-<gloss>nugget</gloss>
+<lsource xml:lang="eng">eng</lsource>
+<gloss>nugget (e.g. gold, chicken, fish, Australian coin)</gloss>

wiki

@@ -18,0 +18,6 @@
+<sense>
+<stagr>さんかくは</stagr>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<field>&physics;</field>
+<gloss>triangle wave</gloss>
+</sense>

Style alignment.
I don't think the archaic sense is needed. Daijs doesn't have it.

@@ -24 +24,2 @@
-<gloss>chief official of the Department of Worship</gloss>
+<misc>&hist;</misc>
+<gloss>chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system)</gloss>
@@ -28,7 +28,0 @@
-<misc>&arch;</misc>
-<gloss>eldest brother</gloss>
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<pos>&n-pref;</pos>
-<pos>&n-suf;</pos>
@@ -38 +31,0 @@
-<gloss>Brazilian</gloss>

Fix messy xref.

@@ -24,2 +24,0 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1765180">神祇官・1</xref>
-<xref type="see" seq="1765180">神祇官・2</xref>

@@ -24,1 +24,2 @@
-<xref type="see">神祇官</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1765180">神祇官・1</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1765180">神祇官・2</xref>

I think n,n-pref,n-suf might be better, not least because they 
can be used by themselves. ("欧と米" 340,000 "米と欧" 34,900)

@@ -24,1 +24,1 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1765180">神祇官・2</xref>
+<xref type="see">神祇官</xref>
@@ -33,2 +33,3 @@
-<pos>&pref;</pos>
-<pos>&suf;</pos>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<pos>&n-pref;</pos>
+<pos>&n-suf;</pos>

I agree.

Maybe I'm mistaken, but I wonder whether "suave" is correct here.
Oxford Adv Learner's says "suave" means "confident, elegant and polite, 
sometimes in a way that does not seem sincere".
-
Another definition says "debonair: having a sophisticated charm". Is 優しい 
used to convey that?

@@ -24,1 +24,0 @@
-<gloss>suave</gloss>

i don't find the nuance clarification particularly helpful.  it means "somehow stylish" and it just seems to make the glosses more awkward

@@ -20,4 +20,6 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1372410">粋・いき・1</xref>
-<gloss>a bit stylish</gloss>
-<gloss>rather smart</gloss>
-<gloss>showing a touch of style</gloss>
+<gloss>stylish</gloss>
+<gloss>smart</gloss>
+<gloss>chic</gloss>
+<gloss>tasteful</gloss>
+<gloss>snappy</gloss>
+<gloss>dapper</gloss>
@@ -28,1 +30,0 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1378790">生意気</xref>
@@ -30,1 +31,2 @@
-<s_inf>as こいきすぎる</s_inf>
+<misc>&arch;</misc>
+<s_inf>as 小意気すぎる</s_inf>

GG5 研究社中 daijr koj

* Change gloss to indicate nuance – the 国語辞書 all say ちょ
っと、なんとなく、どことなく – this is a milder form of 粋
* add alt sense “conceited”, with note on usage
* link to underlying words
* put 小粋 kanji first – it’s the only one given in GG5 
(though 研究社中 gives only 小意気), and is appropriate for 
the more common “stylish” usage.
It’s clear what the appropriate kanji per usage are (小粋 
for 粋 and 小意気 for 生意気), but dicts don’t mention this, 
and appear mixed in usage. Cross-references should make it 
clear to users w/o needing a separate note.

@@ -4,3 +4,0 @@
-<k_ele>
-<keb>小意気</keb>
-</k_ele>
@@ -11,0 +8,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>小意気</keb>
@@ -20,2 +20,13 @@
-<gloss>smart</gloss>
-<gloss>stylish</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="1372410">粋・いき・1</xref>
+<gloss>a bit stylish</gloss>
+<gloss>rather smart</gloss>
+<gloss>showing a touch of style</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&adj-na;</pos>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="1378790">生意気</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1743520">小生意気</xref>
+<s_inf>as こいきすぎる</s_inf>
+<gloss>conceited</gloss>
+<gloss>cheeky</gloss>

GG5

Like 意気 itself, I think this is a noun.

@@ -11,0 +11,1 @@
+<pos>&n;</pos>
@@ -12,3 +13,3 @@
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<gloss>impudent</gloss>
-<gloss>cheeky</gloss>
+<gloss>impudence</gloss>
+<gloss>cheekiness</gloss>
+<gloss>impertinence</gloss>

Fix pos

@@ -13,2 +13,2 @@
-<gloss>impudence</gloss>
-<gloss>cheekiness</gloss>
+<gloss>impudent</gloss>
+<gloss>cheeky</gloss>

gg5

@@ -26,0 +27,2 @@
+<gloss>foolish</gloss>
+<gloss>absurd</gloss>

あほ臭い	14
阿呆臭い	50
アホ臭い	208
あほくさい	303
アホくさい	622

@@ -3,0 +4,3 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>アホ臭い</keb>
+</k_ele>
@@ -7,0 +11,4 @@
+<reb>アホくさい</reb>
+<re_restr>アホ臭い</re_restr>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
@@ -8,0 +16 @@
+<re_restr>阿呆臭い</re_restr>
@@ -11,0 +20 @@
+<re_restr>阿呆臭い</re_restr>

あほくさい gets WAY more web hits

@@ -15,0 +15,1 @@
+<misc>&uk;</misc>

daijr

@@ -16,0 +16,2 @@
+<gloss>stupid</gloss>
+<gloss>laughable</gloss>

gg5

@@ -17,0 +17,2 @@
+<gloss>empirical</gloss>
+<gloss>experimental</gloss>

Let's hide the katakana form.

@@ -11 +11 @@
-<keb>ザクロ石</keb>
+<keb>石榴石</keb>
@@ -14 +14,2 @@
-<keb>石榴石</keb>
+<keb>ザクロ石</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>

ざくろ石 7975 <- prog; genius

@@ -5,0 +6,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>ざくろ石</keb>

gg5

@@ -18,0 +19 @@
+<field>&min;</field>

@@ -15,6 +14,0 @@
-<re_restr>柘榴石</re_restr>
-<re_restr>石榴石</re_restr>
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>ザクロいし</reb>
-<re_restr>ザクロ石</re_restr>

柘榴石	9049	64.9%
ザクロ石	3611	25.9%
石榴石	1279	9.2%

https://kotobank.jp/word/柘榴石-68842

Wikipedia also under  柘榴石
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/柘榴石
柘榴石（石榴石、ざくろいし、英: garnet）

re-order readings

@@ -4,3 +3,0 @@
-<k_ele>
-<keb>石榴石</keb>
-</k_ele>
@@ -12,0 +10,3 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>石榴石</keb>
+</k_ele>
@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<re_restr>柘榴石</re_restr>
@@ -16 +16,0 @@
-<re_restr>柘榴石</re_restr>

I think we can drop the notes.

@@ -20 +19,0 @@
-<s_inf>also んち or ち</s_inf>
@@ -25 +23,0 @@
-<s_inf>also んち or ち</s_inf>

OK, I'll do that.

Daijr has separate entries for んち and ち. I suggest putting them together in a separate [col]-tagged entry that points here.

@@ -21 +21 @@
-<gloss>day (of the month)</gloss>
+<gloss>nth day (of the month)</gloss>
@@ -24 +23,0 @@
-<pos>&suf;</pos>

@@ -31,2 +30,0 @@
-<pos>&n-suf;</pos>
-<pos>&n-pref;</pos>

GG5 daijr

Remove “sideburns” – all refs give this only as “sidelocks, 
hair at temples”.
Sideburns and sidelocks are different – sideburns are facial 
hair, like the beard, on the cheeks, while sidelocks are head 
hair, around the ear.

@@ -13,1 +13,0 @@
-<gloss>sideburns</gloss>

i think [uk] is a better way to handle it

@@ -6,1 +6,0 @@
-<ke_inf>&oK;</ke_inf>
@@ -13,0 +12,1 @@
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
@@ -14,0 +14,2 @@
+<gloss>sidelocks</gloss>
+<gloss>hair at the temples</gloss>

Entry created

We don't tag dialectal terms as col.

@@ -16 +15,0 @@
-<misc>&col;</misc>

@@ -20,0 +21 @@
+<gloss g_type="expl">god of fishing and commerce</gloss>

えべっさん	65076
戎っさん	909
戎さん	3473

A possible split.

@@ -3,0 +4,6 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>戎さん</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>戎っさん</keb>
+</k_ele>
@@ -6,12 +11,0 @@
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>おいべっさん</reb>
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>えびっさん</reb>
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>おべっさん</reb>
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>およべっさん</reb>
@@ -23,2 +17,4 @@
-<s_inf>えべっさん can be 戎っさん</s_inf>
-<gloss>Ebisu (local dialect forms)</gloss>
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
+<dial>&ksb;</dial>
+<dial>&osb;</dial>
+<gloss>Ebisu</gloss>

I rhink this should be split into at l3ast two ebtries. えべっさん is osb or ksb

Dup. xref.

@@ -21,2 +21,1 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1250500">恵比寿・1</xref>
-<xref type="see" seq="1250500">恵比寿・1</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1250500">恵比寿</xref>

I'll close this. We need to agree on the POS for single-kanji country abbreviations.

https://kotobank.jp/word/国名-484578 (Daijisen)

I agree we should have all the observed/used/etc. single-kanji country abbreviations. I was 
thinking we may need a new pos for them, but maybe just [n][abbr] will do.

Isn't "造語成分" just how Shinmeikai labels its kanwa entries, which means we can (mostly) ignore them?
I think we're making an exception for country names because they're useful to have.
What's confusing is how the kokugos classify them; there's no consistency. According to daijr, 加 (Canada) and 葡 (Portugal) are nouns but 米, 豪 and 印 aren't. Some don't even have a kanwa entry (e.g. 希 - Greece).
I'm not sure any of them can really be considered nouns, but if we're going to include 英, 米, 仏, etc. in the main dictionary, we should probably include all the kanji country abbreviations that aren't totally obscure.

I'll approve this. We need to look into better handling of 造語成分.

shinmeikai
と【土】（造語成分）
【土】
〔もと、ところの意〕
 (1)  つち。
[語例]
土地
   （略）
(2) トルコ（土耳古）。⇒ど


koj
ど 【土】
（慣用音。漢音はト）

as 造語成分, 土[と]=つち.  but not as a noun, which is what we currently have sense 2 as.

造語成分 are generally a mess.  if と is split out, should we include the earth sense there?  if not, what justification do we have for including some but not all of its 造語成分 meanings?

rather than make entries for 造語成分, we should consider merging in kanjidic.  that's basically how the kokugos handle it.

i'll submit a separate と entry for now

@@ -10,3 +9,0 @@
-<r_ele>
-<reb>と</reb>
-</r_ele>
@@ -14 +10,0 @@
-<stagr>ど</stagr>
@@ -21,0 +18,13 @@
+<s_inf>orig. meaning</s_inf>
+<gloss>earth</gloss>
+<gloss>dirt</gloss>
+<gloss>soil</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<gloss>land</gloss>
+<gloss>lands</gloss>
+<gloss>ground</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
@@ -25,9 +33,0 @@
-<sense>
-<stagr>と</stagr>
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<pos>&n-pref;</pos>
-<pos>&n-suf;</pos>
-<xref type="see" seq="1086880">土耳古・1</xref>
-<misc>&abbr;</misc>
-<gloss>Turkey</gloss>
-</sense>

表す is a bad case, as it appears in three entries.
I am happy to have a set of hints for novices around somewhere, but I'm not the right person to write them.

See below.

That is a very helpful comment.
As step further, I am wondering if it would be possible to include a highlighted note on the “http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1C”  page, which note could be included after the heading "Hint" and could include another heading called "Notes for the Novice searcher". This “note” could be linked to a simple set of basic guides which may help the novice in a really constructive way. I know that if one reads the User Guide in detail, many things are seen to be simple. However, that is a bit like asking the child to read the full introduction to a standard dictionary in book form. Such a link for the Novice could be also included in the User guide and it would help the novice to overcome many simple steps in order to get greater value from this valuable dictionary; without having to read a mass of helpful information from day one of usage.

We generally don't link between words with the same surface form but completely different etymologies.

The novice always has the option of using the "Common Words" option when searching. In this particular case, while that box is checked when searching for 表す, 表す[ひょうす] goes away while 表す[あらわす] remains.

See below.

This entry shows a link to "表する 【ひょうする】 (vs-s,vt) to express; to show; (P)".

When the novice sees "表す" in text and searches for that the novice sees the above entry as the first result. The novice sees the link as shown above. If, of course, the novice looked carefully at the next result which had the headword of "現す(P)", the novice would discover another result for "表す".

What I am suggesting is this: that in the headword for this submission, that a link is also provided for the following:-

現す(P); 表す(P); 現わす(P); 表わす(P); 顕す 【あらわす】 (v5s,vt) (1) (esp. 現す, 現わす) to reveal; to show; to display; (2) (esp. 表す, 表わす) (See 言い表す) to express; (3) (esp. 表す, 表わす) to represent; to signify; to stand for; (4) (esp. 顕す) to make widely known; (P)

The novice would then readily find the that the reading being sought is more likely to be "あらわす" than "ひょうす" or "ひょうする".

Entry created

@@ -18,3 +18,3 @@
-<xref type="ant" seq="1721840">脆性</xref>
-<gloss>tenacity)</gloss>
-<gloss>toughness (e.g. of a mineral)</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="1721840">脆性</xref>
+<gloss>toughness (of a material)</gloss>
+<gloss>tenacity</gloss>

wiki daijr

@@ -6,0 +6,6 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>靭性</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>じん性</keb>
@@ -13,2 +19,3 @@
-<gloss>tenacity</gloss>
-<gloss>toughness</gloss>
+<gloss>tenacity)</gloss>
+<gloss>toughness (e.g. of a mineral)</gloss>
+<gloss>fracture toughness</gloss>

@@ -12,0 +12,1 @@
+<xref type="ant" seq="1721840">脆性</xref>

Entry created

i agree.  not the same.

Hmmm. That's something different. None of my references agree.

@@ -14,0 +14,1 @@
+<gloss>nanny</gloss>

@@ -13,1 +13,1 @@
-<gloss>child care person</gloss>
+<gloss>childcare worker</gloss>

デジタル大辞泉, 主要な資格がわかる事典
http://kotobank.jp/word/保育士

daijs, ライフサイエンス辞書

@@ -8,1 +8,1 @@
-<reb>めんせきりょく</reb>
+<reb>めんえきりょく</reb>

daijs, eij, jst, life

抱き枕	562385
抱枕	326
抱きまくら	72221

@@ -5,0 +6,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>抱きまくら</keb>

Higher authority (my wife) confirms Paul's view.

Well, GG5 has it. I haven't heard it in Oz. US books about child-raising use it for dummy/pacifier sometimes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comforter

Is the term "comforter" used differently in some countries? I'm only familiar with it as a large blanket like in the Wiki ref, not as a type of pillow.

@@ -16,1 +16,0 @@
-<gloss>comforter</gloss>

@@ -18 +17,0 @@
-<pos>&exp;</pos>

アホ臭	914

@@ -3,0 +4,3 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>アホ臭</keb>
+</k_ele>
@@ -17 +20 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1778620">あほくさい</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1778620">アホくさい</xref>

阿呆臭	136
あほ臭	50
あほクサ	69
アホくさ	6158
あほくさ	8261
アホクサ	1698

@@ -9,0 +10,4 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>アホくさ</reb>
+<re_nokanji/>
+</r_ele>
@@ -13 +17 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1778620">阿呆臭い</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1778620">あほくさい</xref>

nikk

@@ -11,1 +11,4 @@
-<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
+<pos>&int;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="1778620">阿呆臭い</xref>
+<misc>&uk;</misc>

daijs

daijs, wiki

daijs, wiki

wiki, gg5, eij

eij
http://kotobank.jp/word/破壊靱性

oops

daijs nipp

gg5 wiki

daijs nikk

gg5 wiki

gg5 wiki

gg5 wiki

GG5

@@ -18,0 +19 @@
+<field>&chem;</field>

based on precedent in 蝋梅, 蝋燭, etc

@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<ke_inf>&oK;</ke_inf>

daijs nikk etc

gg5 wiki

daijs nipp

wiki gg5

nipp daijs

gg5 wiki

daijs nipp

gg5 wiki

Kagaku has too.

@@ -12,0 +12,1 @@
+<misc>&obsc;</misc>

in no source outside wiki
"蜜蝋石" site:ac.jp 2 hits (g)

wiki

nikk

@@ -10,0 +10,3 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>こうろう</reb>
+</r_ele>

nikk

研究社　新和英大辞典　第５版

@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<field>&min;</field>

gg5 wiki

Eijiro, Kagaku

@@ -12,0 +12,1 @@
+<misc>&obsc;</misc>

few hits outside of wiki, wonder if this term is actually 
commonly used? only 8 hits for site:ac.jp (g)

wiki

We now have USD on 米ドル.

@@ -9,0 +10 @@
+<gloss>BTC</gloss>

We don't have "USD" on ドル, "GBP" on ポンド, etc.

@@ -10 +9,0 @@
-<gloss>BTC</gloss>

Moved.

Misled by the romaji. Chokokan it self is already in enamdict.

@@ -8,1 +8,1 @@
-<reb>じんぐうちょこかん</reb>
+<reb>じんぐうちょうこかん</reb>

For enamdict. Any use having Chokokan itself as an entry? No kokugo seems to have it.