@@ -13,0 +14,2 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="1124190">ボトルネック</xref>
+<misc>&abbr;</misc>

daijr, daijs, ウィズダム和英辞典

@@ -9,0 +10,10 @@
+<gloss>neck</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<gloss>bottleneck</gloss>
+<gloss>obstruction</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="1092990">ネックライン</xref>
@@ -11,2 +21 @@
-<gloss>neck</gloss>
-<gloss>bottleneck</gloss>
+<gloss>neckline</gloss>

N-grams: ブティックの 31k

@@ -10 +10,2 @@
-<gloss>boutique (shop selling fashion clothes, accessories, etc.)</gloss>
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
+<gloss>boutique</gloss>

daijr, daijs

"Boutique" is used in English.

Not sure the explanatory note is even necessary.

@@ -10,2 +10 @@
-<lsource xml:lang="fre">boutique</lsource>
-<gloss>shop selling fashion clothes, accessories, etc.</gloss>
+<gloss>boutique (shop selling fashion clothes, accessories, etc.)</gloss>

gg5

daijr, daijs

@@ -5,0 +6,3 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>ヘナ</reb>

I think this is a more accurate term.

@@ -35 +35 @@
-<gloss>message (sent over a chat application)</gloss>
+<gloss>message (in an instant messaging application)</gloss>

メール	144,759,040	99.7%	
メイル	337,522	        0.2%	
メェル	98,818	        0.1%

@@ -10 +10 @@
-<re_inf>&ik;</re_inf>
+<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
@@ -14 +14 @@
-<re_inf>&ik;</re_inf>
+<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
@@ -26,2 +26,2 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1605680">郵便・1</xref>
-<gloss>mail (usu. in compound words)</gloss>
+<s_inf>usu. in compounds</s_inf>
+<gloss>mail</gloss>

I've tweaked some sentence indices.

[vi]: sankoku, iwakoku, shinsen

"male" needs to be split due to etymology. I'll propose a new entry.

@@ -18,0 +19 @@
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
@@ -31,0 +33 @@
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
@@ -37,6 +38,0 @@
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<xref type="see" seq="1420160">男性・1</xref>
-<xref type="see" seq="1589190">雄・おす</xref>
-<gloss>male</gloss>

Done

Looks ok. Will keep open as a reminder to fix the indices.

daijr: 「魚貝類をメインにした料理」
daijs: 「若手がメーンの職場」

> Do we have any good examples of メイン being used to mean "main part"?
I assume that "メイン" in daijr's example is referring to the main ingredient rather than the main course.
In daijs, it refers to the majority group.
---
I agree with adding a "main dish/course" sense.

@@ -21,0 +22 @@
+<gloss>main course</gloss>

"メインが"
first hit: 【ディナー：選べるコース】前菜とメインが選べるコース.
2nd: 120分食べ放題☆メインが食べ放題含む料理7品付き2480円
3rd: お好きなメインが選べるセレクトランチ スープ

Top 10 N-grams Lookup for メインが (Frequency Order)
メインが	134347	  
メインが選べる	3366	  
メインがお	1997	  
メインが出	1812	  
メインが出て	1649	  
メインが来る	1550	  
メインが死ん	1525	  
メインが死んでる	1436	  
メインが死んでるっぽい	1430	  
メインが肉	1147	  
メインが魚	1088

"どっちがメイン?" isn't necessarily noun use, compare with "どっちが大切?"

Do we have any good examples of メイン being used to mean "main part"?

here it seems to mean "main thing (one uses)":

https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20201029-1441906/
"30代がメインで利用しているクレジットカード、断トツの1位は?"

https://www.creema.jp/item/6084127/detail
"メインとしても使える！栃木レザーのコインケース付きマネークリップ。"

@@ -15,0 +16,6 @@
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="2003920">メインディッシュ</xref>
+<misc>&abbr;</misc>
+<gloss>main dish</gloss>

gg5

@@ -12,3 +12,3 @@
-<gloss>faulty expression</gloss>
-<gloss>poor choose of words</gloss>
-<gloss>harm (e.g. misunderstanding) resulting from inappropriate language</gloss>
+<gloss>faulty statement</gloss>
+<gloss>misleading statement</gloss>
+<gloss>misunderstanding caused by a misleading statement</gloss>

daijr/s

@@ -12,0 +13,2 @@
+<gloss>poor choose of words</gloss>
+<gloss>harm (e.g. misunderstanding) resulting from inappropriate language</gloss>

Yomi-chan does support field tags now

I've changed my mind since 2017. There's no reason this entry should be an exception to our usual style. Also, field tags are widely supported by tools/plug-ins.

@@ -17 +17 @@
-<gloss>referee (in sumo)</gloss>
+<gloss>referee</gloss>

seems fine

I see no reason why "sumo" shouldn't be included in the gloss.

It's especially helpful for people using JMdict-based programs/plug-ins like Rikaichan which don't display field tags.

@@ -17 +17 @@
-<gloss>referee</gloss>
+<gloss>referee (in sumo)</gloss>

@@ -17,1 +17,1 @@
-<gloss>sumo referee</gloss>
+<gloss>referee</gloss>

ee 壇ノ浦の戦い, 虎ノ門事件, くノ一 etc

@@ -14 +13,0 @@
-<re_restr>序の口</re_restr>
@@ -17,4 +15,0 @@
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>じょノくち</reb>
-<re_restr>序ノ口</re_restr>

here is one way of doing it

@@ -22,0 +23 @@
+<stagk>序の口</stagk>
@@ -29 +29,0 @@
-<s_inf>esp. 序ノ口</s_inf>

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/序ノ口

Is there any way to restrict a kanji form to a particular sense (rather than the other way round)?

序ノ口 is only used in the context of sumo, but not exclusively so. Adding a [restr=序ノ口] tag to the second sense would restrict 序の口 to the first sense (which is wrong).

@@ -8,0 +9,3 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>序ノ口</keb>
+</k_ele>
@@ -10,0 +14 @@
+<re_restr>序の口</re_restr>
@@ -12,0 +17,4 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>じょノくち</reb>
+<re_restr>序ノ口</re_restr>
@@ -20,0 +29 @@
+<s_inf>esp. 序ノ口</s_inf>

G n-grams:
なおかつ	873737
尚且つ	246488
尚かつ	38446
なお且つ	13382

@@ -9,0 +10,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>なお且つ</keb>

daij

@@ -19,0 +20 @@
+<gloss>on top of that</gloss>
@@ -25,0 +27 @@
+<gloss>even so</gloss>

新和英中辞典 sees it as having two senses:
1 〈その上〉 besides; furthermore
¶彼女は美しく, なおかつ才能がある. She is not only beautiful but also talented.
2 〈それでもやはり〉 and yet
¶年を取ってもなおかつ矍鑠(かくしゃく)としている. Though advanced in years, he remains hale and hearty.

@@ -18,0 +19,5 @@
+<gloss>furthermore</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&adv;</pos>
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
@@ -19,0 +25 @@
+<gloss>nevertheless</gloss>

G n-grams:
 はなはだもって	713
 甚だ以て 	382
 甚だもって	146
 はなはだ以て	28

@@ -5,0 +6,6 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>甚だもって</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>はなはだ以て</keb>
@@ -11,0 +18,2 @@
+<pos>&adv;</pos>
+<misc>&uk;</misc>

I agree. This should make it clearer.

@@ -12 +12 @@
-<gloss>a poor work</gloss>
+<gloss>poor piece of work</gloss>

prog

Without the indefinite article, I think it's unclear whether "work" refers to 作品 or 仕事 (assuming the reader doesn't know kanji).

@@ -12 +12 @@
-<gloss>poor work</gloss>
+<gloss>a poor work</gloss>
@@ -13,0 +14 @@
+<gloss>trash</gloss>

gg5, daij

〘接尾〙in koj and smk.
For "along the coast", 沿い is much more common.
freq tags were accidentally dropped in 2017. Adding them back in.

@@ -5,0 +6,2 @@
+<ke_pri>news2</ke_pri>
+<ke_pri>nf40</ke_pri>
@@ -8,0 +11,2 @@
+<re_pri>news2</re_pri>
+<re_pri>nf40</re_pri>
@@ -11 +15 @@
-<pos>&n-suf;</pos>
+<pos>&suf;</pos>
@@ -13,2 +17,2 @@
-<s_inf>often 伝いに</s_inf>
-<gloss>along (wall, coast, river, etc.)</gloss>
+<s_inf>after a noun; oft. 〜に</s_inf>
+<gloss>along (a wall, river, railroad tracks, etc.)</gloss>

I mistakenly added [adj-no] in my 2017 edit.

@@ -12 +12 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="1441850">伝う</xref>

G n-grams:
伝い	143441
づたい	1286
伝いに	47616
づたいに	26023

The JE examples are all 伝いに.

@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+<s_inf>often 伝いに</s_inf>

daijr, daijs

It makes more sense to me having it in this form.

@@ -5,3 +5 @@
-<keb>伝いに</keb>
-<ke_pri>news2</ke_pri>
-<ke_pri>nf40</ke_pri>
+<keb>伝い</keb>
@@ -10,3 +8 @@
-<reb>づたいに</reb>
-<re_pri>news2</re_pri>
-<re_pri>nf40</re_pri>
+<reb>づたい</reb>
@@ -16 +12 @@
-<pos>&adv;</pos>
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -17,0 +14 @@
+<gloss>alongside</gloss>

Dunno why it was split. "meat shop" sounds a bit 直訳 to me, although the JEs have it.

@@ -18 +17,0 @@
-<gloss>meat shop</gloss>
@@ -20,0 +20 @@
+<gloss>meat shop</gloss>

I think these work as one sense. theoretically 
all 屋 entries can be split up like this

@@ -20,3 +19,0 @@
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<pos>&n;</pos>

gg5

@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<gloss>meat shop</gloss>
@@ -18,0 +20,3 @@
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>

daijr, daijs

@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<gloss>butcher's shop</gloss>

meikyo/shinmeikai: 自五

@@ -28,0 +29 @@
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
@@ -33,0 +35 @@
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
@@ -41,0 +44 @@
+<pos>&vi;</pos>

GG5, etc.

@@ -35,0 +36,2 @@
+<gloss>to emerge</gloss>
+<gloss>to show up</gloss>

wisdom

@@ -34 +34,3 @@
-<gloss>to rise to surface</gloss>
+<gloss>to rise to the surface</gloss>
+<gloss>to appear</gloss>
+<gloss>to loom (up)</gloss>

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮
│ 連なる　 │ 245,519 │ 93.2% │
│ 列なる　 │   1,634 │  0.6% │ 🡠 rK (daijr/s, koj, etc.)
│ つらなる │  16,171 │  6.1% │
╰─ーーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯

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

http://grammarist.com/spelling/enrol-enroll/

Feel free to suggest AmE spellings but don't try to override others.

@@ -34,0 +35 @@
+<gloss>to enrol</gloss>

@@ -35 +35 @@
-<gloss>to enrol</gloss>
+<gloss>to enroll</gloss>

Fixed sentence link.

meikyo and daijr lead with "effort", gg5 with "match"

switched the order of the senses.

@@ -28,6 +27,0 @@
-<s_inf>oft. 取組 when in ref. to sumo</s_inf>
-<gloss>bout (in sports, etc.)</gloss>
-<gloss>match</gloss>
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<pos>&n;</pos>
@@ -38,0 +33,6 @@
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<s_inf>oft. 取組 when in ref. to sumo</s_inf>
+<gloss>bout (in sports, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>match</gloss>

@@ -28 +28 @@
-<s_inf>often 取組 when referring to sumo</s_inf>
+<s_inf>oft. 取組 when in ref. to sumo</s_inf>

G n-grams:
とり組み	2759
取組み	834732
取組	1058706
取り組み	9457041
取り組	19379

@@ -13,0 +14,6 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>取り組</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>とり組み</keb>

@@ -56 +55,0 @@
-<gloss>raisin</gloss>
@@ -57,0 +57,2 @@
+<gloss>currants</gloss>
+<gloss>dried grapes</gloss>

〈干（し）／乾（し）／ほし／ホシ〉〈ぶどう／ブドウ／葡萄〉

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 干しぶどう │ 38,152 │ 57.2% │
│ 干し葡萄　 │  9,448 │ 14.2% │
│ 乾し葡萄　 │    407 │  0.6% │ - rK (daijr/s, meikyo)
│ 干しブドウ │ 11,958 │ 17.9% │ - sK
│ 干葡萄　　 │    692 │  1.0% │ - sK
│ 干ぶどう　 │    593 │  0.9% │ - sK
│ 干ブドウ　 │    291 │  0.4% │ - sK
│ 乾しぶどう │    482 │  0.7% │ - sK
│ 乾しブドウ │    346 │  0.5% │ - sK
│ 乾ぶどう　 │    276 │  0.4% │ - sK
│ 乾葡萄　　 │    244 │  0.4% │ - sK
│ 乾ブドウ　 │     49 │  0.1% │ - sK
│ ほし葡萄　 │     51 │  0.1% │
│ ホシ葡萄　 │     20 │  0.0% │
│ ほしぶどう │  3,146 │  4.7% │
│ ホシブドウ │    298 │  0.4% │ - drop
│ ほしブドウ │    161 │  0.2% │ - drop
│ ホシぶどう │     34 │  0.1% │
╰─ーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯

@@ -8,3 +7,0 @@
-<keb>干しブドウ</keb>
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
@@ -13,0 +11,8 @@
+<keb>乾し葡萄</keb>
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>干しブドウ</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
@@ -14,0 +20 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -17,0 +24 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -20,0 +28 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -24,3 +32 @@
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
-<keb>乾し葡萄</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -29,0 +36 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -32,0 +40 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -35,0 +44 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -38,0 +48 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -42,19 +51,0 @@
-<re_restr>干しぶどう</re_restr>
-<re_restr>干し葡萄</re_restr>
-<re_restr>干葡萄</re_restr>
-<re_restr>干ぶどう</re_restr>
-<re_restr>乾しぶどう</re_restr>
-<re_restr>乾し葡萄</re_restr>
-<re_restr>乾ぶどう</re_restr>
-<re_restr>乾葡萄</re_restr>
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>ほしブドウ</reb>
-<re_restr>干しブドウ</re_restr>
-<re_restr>干ブドウ</re_restr>
-<re_restr>乾しブドウ</re_restr>
-<re_restr>乾ブドウ</re_restr>
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>ホシブドウ</reb>
-<re_nokanji/>

What a horror.

I think it's helpful in this case. A lot of people looking for the Japanese word for "raisin" will search "raisins". Note that the gloss for 豌豆 is "green peas".

干しぶどう and レーズン should be consistent, though.

Should we include the plural in entries like this?
This one has the plural but レーズン doesn't.

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

see discussion under 1642680

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

gg5, luminous, daij, koj
尚又	1,418	8.3%	
なお又	1,435	8.4%	
尚また	225	1.3%	
猶又	509	3.0%	
猶また	38	0.2%	
なおまた	13,544	78.9%

It's a conjunction in the kokugos.

@@ -7,0 +8,3 @@
+<keb>猶又</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
@@ -8,0 +12 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -12,4 +16 @@
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
-<keb>猶又</keb>
-<ke_inf>&oK;</ke_inf>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -19 +20 @@
-<ke_inf>&oK;</ke_inf>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -25 +26 @@
-<pos>&adv;</pos>
+<pos>&conj;</pos>
@@ -27 +27,0 @@
-<gloss>further</gloss>
@@ -30 +30,3 @@
-<gloss>in addition to</gloss>
+<gloss>furthermore</gloss>
+<gloss>further</gloss>
+<gloss>in addition (to that)</gloss>

@@ -11,3 +10,0 @@
-<keb>猶又</keb>
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
@@ -16,0 +14,4 @@
+<keb>猶又</keb>
+<ke_inf>&oK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
@@ -17,0 +19 @@
+<ke_inf>&oK;</ke_inf>

Possibly. We have about ten entries where 猶 is read なお.
None of them uses [oK]. Maybe they should all be retagged.
The most common one is maybe 尚更/猶更 and there 猶 is used 0.3%.

Weblio, N-grams:
尚又	1418
なお又	1435
尚また	225
なおまた	13544
猶又	509
猶また	38

We have 猶更 in the なおさら entry. Perhaps "oK"?

@@ -10,0 +11,3 @@
+<keb>猶又</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
@@ -11,0 +15,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>猶また</keb>

n-grams (2,5:1)

@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<misc>&uk;</misc>

@@ -5,0 +6,6 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>尚もって</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>なお以て</keb>

daijr, daijs

I think this one gloss covers everything. The original glosses didn't make much sense.

@@ -16,2 +16,2 @@
-<gloss>border on</gloss>
-<gloss>by land</gloss>
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
+<gloss>being joined by land</gloss>

KM n-grams:
愚作	541
駄作	9948

@@ -12 +12,2 @@
-<gloss>poor work</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="1409040">駄作</xref>
+<gloss>poor piece of work</gloss>

daijr/s, prog

"My work" may be enough.

@@ -14,0 +15,5 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<misc>&hum;</misc>
+<gloss>one of my works</gloss>
+</sense>

@@ -18 +18,2 @@
-<gloss>(one's own) plan or project</gloss>
+<gloss>(one's own) plan</gloss>
+<gloss>project</gloss>

OK. I wouldn't want to clutter things to cater for apps that ignore metadata, but I think this sort of addition is fine.

I'm all for consistency which is why I'd support having glosses like this for all [hum] entries.

For people unfamiliar with honorific speech, the tag on its own may may not be that helpful in many cases.

By the way, I think 母 is wrongly tagged. It doesn't always refer to own's one mother, even even when it does, it's not really "humble".

Plenty of entries are ambiguous if the tag is ignored, even some [hum] entries. For example, look at 母. Gloss is simply "mother" even though it only ever refers to one's own mother. But on the other hand there are entries like 家内 in which the gloss explicitly states "(my) wife".

I think that either approach (tag + qualification or tag only) is fine when it comes to [hum] entries but I think that jmdict should be more consistent not only in this case but also in general.

daijs

Not everyone notices the tags.

@@ -18,2 +18 @@
-<gloss>plan</gloss>
-<gloss>project</gloss>
+<gloss>(one's own) plan or project</gloss>

daijs: 「なお」の語を書き出しにして、前文の内容などについての説明・条件・例外などを書き添えた文。「主文の末尾に尚書きを付けて説明する」
---
G n-grams:
なお書き	4809
なお書	 579
尚書き	 168
なおがき	  39

@@ -5 +5 @@
-<keb>尚書き</keb>
+<keb>なお書き</keb>
@@ -8,0 +9,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>尚書き</keb>
@@ -15,0 +19 @@
+<gloss>explanatory note</gloss>

Meikyo vt and vi additions to n,vs entries
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-

@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+<pos>&vt;</pos>

GG5: a 「powerful [intense] photo(graph).   ～する take a 「powerful [intense] photo(graph) 《of…》.

OK. Fiddling a little in view of GG5's gloss.

@@ -15,2 +15,2 @@
-<gloss>taking a spectacular photograph</gloss>
-<gloss>taking a photo at just the right moment</gloss>
+<gloss>(taking a) spectacular photograph</gloss>
+<gloss>photo taken at just the right moment</gloss>

Does this work?

@@ -13,0 +14 @@
+<s_inf>from the title of a photo series by Kishin Shinoyama</s_inf>
@@ -16,5 +16,0 @@
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<s_inf>orig. use of word</s_inf>
-<gloss>Gekisha (title of a photo series by Kishin Shinoyama featuring female models)</gloss>

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/激写
"『激写』（げきしゃ）は、写真家、篠山紀信が女性たちをモデルに撮影したグラビア写真シリーズに冠されたタイトルである。 "

More info in the Wikipedia article above (which was the only source provided when this entry was submitted).
Twitter results are almost exclusively sense 1.

@@ -14 +14 @@
-<gloss>taking a spectacular photograph (often of the female form)</gloss>
+<gloss>taking a spectacular photograph</gloss>
@@ -19,2 +19,2 @@
-<gloss>powerful photograph</gloss>
-<gloss>intense photograph</gloss>
+<s_inf>orig. use of word</s_inf>
+<gloss>Gekisha (title of a photo series by Kishin Shinoyama featuring female models)</gloss>

https://meaning-book.com/blog/20190527165117.html claims
「激写」とは「げきしゃ」という読み方をする言葉で、写真家の篠山紀信氏が女性モデルにセクシーに美しく撮影したグラビア写真シリーズの雑誌になったタイトルのことです。
so photographer SHINOYAMA Kishin used 激写 in the 1970's for a series of gravure photobooks and from there it spread to a wider use, but it seems that this original use is still dominant and needs mentioning

No comments for some time. I'm putting it back the way it was, with a small expansion.

@@ -20,2 +20,3 @@
-<gloss>left with no chance to appeal someone's (sharp) reply</gloss>
-<gloss>left with no way to continue the conversation (due to the other party's curt refusal)</gloss>
+<gloss>left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal)</gloss>
+<gloss>have no one to turn to</gloss>
+<gloss>unapproachable</gloss>

These are rather literal translations of the Daijirin explanations, and I don't think they work that well. I really prefer what we have now. which matches the 取りつく島もない entry.

大辞林
http://yourei.jp/取り付く島

It's used when someone rejects what you ask so sharply that you have no way to appeal.

@@ -20,3 +20,2 @@
-<gloss>left utterly helpless</gloss>
-<gloss>have no one to turn to</gloss>
-<gloss>unapproachable</gloss>
+<gloss>left with no chance to appeal someone's (sharp) reply</gloss>
+<gloss>left with no way to continue the conversation (due to the other party's curt refusal)</gloss>

Aligning.

@@ -20,0 +21,2 @@
+<gloss>left utterly helpless</gloss>
+<gloss>have no one to turn to</gloss>

中辞典

It was from GG5, but not great.

@@ -12,0 +13,3 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>取り付く島も無い</keb>
+</k_ele>
@@ -18,0 +22,2 @@
+<gloss>left utterly helpless</gloss>
+<gloss>have no one to turn to</gloss>

eijiro says
取り付く島もない
have no one to turn to
be left utterly helpless
not have any way to reach
～に取り付く島もない
wouldn't give ~ the time of day

Is "unapproachabl

Is "unapproachable"  lthe best translation 
here? (and in 取り付く島_が_ない)

G n-grams:
 取り付く島もない	2355
 とりつく島もない	1808
 とりつくしまもない	 994
 取りつく島もない	 684

@@ -4,3 +3,0 @@
-<k_ele>
-<keb>取りつく島もない</keb>
-</k_ele>
@@ -11,0 +9,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>取りつく島もない</keb>

@@ -8,0 +9,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>とりつく島もない</keb>

G n-grams:
レーズンブレッド	4627

@@ -11,0 +12,2 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2826531">葡萄パン・ぶどうパン</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2826531">葡萄パン・ぶどうパン</xref>

@@ -7,0 +7,3 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>レーズン・ブレッド</reb>
+</r_ele>
@@ -9,1 +12,1 @@
-<gloss>raison bread</gloss>
+<gloss>raisin bread</gloss>

Reading Japanese ch. 4

G n-grams:
葡萄パン	 2432
ぶどうパン	26782
ブドウパン	 5024

@@ -9,0 +10,4 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>ブドウパン</reb>
+<re_nokanji/>
+</r_ele>

DAIJ
ngrams
ぶどうパン	26782
葡萄パン	2432

daijr, daijs
KM n-grams:
ヘンナ	632
指甲花	12

gg5 プログレッシブ

@@ -12 +12,2 @@
-<gloss>being on alert</gloss>
+<gloss>alert status</gloss>
+<gloss>emergency alert</gloss>

http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=警戒態勢

gg5 eij
G n-grams:
 語弊    	132012	    
 語弊がある	 67461	  
 語弊があり	 25453

daijs jwiki wiki

Aligning.

@@ -14,4 +13,0 @@
-<reb>げんぶんママ</reb>
-<re_restr>原文ママ</re_restr>
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
@@ -19,2 +14,0 @@
-<re_restr>原文まま</re_restr>
-<re_restr>原文儘</re_restr>
@@ -24,2 +18,2 @@
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<xref type="see" seq="2831425">原文のまま・げんぶんのまま</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2831425">原文のまま</xref>
+<s_inf>indicating that the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text</s_inf>
@@ -27,2 +20,0 @@
-<gloss>sic erat scriptum</gloss>
-<gloss g_type="expl">the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text</gloss>

aligning with the 儘 entry

@@ -28 +28 @@
-<gloss g_type="expl">indicates that the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text</gloss>

G n-grams:
 原文ママ 	10772	   
 原文ママです	  523
 原文ママの	  102	  
 原文ママに	   94

if anything, I think it is [n]

@@ -23,0 +24 @@
+<pos>&n;</pos>

N-grams:
八重山青木	111
やえやまあおき	88
ヤエヤマアオキ	3532
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morinda_citrifolia

@@ -8 +8 @@
-<reb>やまえやまあおき</reb>
+<reb>やえやまあおき</reb>
@@ -15,0 +16 @@
+<misc>&uk;</misc>

wiki

N-grams:
白丁花	1011
はくちょうげ	467
ハクチョウゲ	2219
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serissa (formerly Serissa foetida)

@@ -15,0 +16 @@
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
@@ -19 +19,0 @@
-<gloss>Serissa foetida</gloss>

wiki

GG5

@@ -12 +12 @@
-<gloss>oncidium</gloss>
+<gloss>oncidium (Oncidium obryzatum)</gloss>

wiki

N-grams:
乙女百合	544
おとめゆり	196
オトメユリ	1097

@@ -16 +16,2 @@
-<gloss>maiden lily(Lilium rubellum)</gloss>
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
+<gloss>maiden lily (Lilium rubellum)</gloss>

wiki (various sites use the English transliteration)

GG5

@@ -15,0 +16 @@
+<gloss>earth goddess</gloss>

daijr, daijs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_goddess
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/地母神