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jmdict 1154910 Active (id: 1995278)
闇 [ichi1,news1,nf13]
【やみ [ichi1,news1,nf13] 】

1.	[n,adj-no] ▶ darkness ▶ the dark
2.	[n] ▶ bewilderment ▶ despair ▶ hopelessness
3.	[n] ▶ hidden place ▶ secrecy ▶ oblivion
4.	[n,adj-no] ▶ black market ▶ shady trading ▶ underhand transactions ▶ illegal channels

History:

11.	A 2019-01-14 00:19:36 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
10.	A* 2019-01-14 00:02:54 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	daij, gg5
	Comments:	Added sense.
	Diff:	@@ -21 +20,0 @@ -<gloss>dark</gloss> @@ -25 +23,0 @@ -<pos>&adj-no;</pos> @@ -31,0 +30,6 @@ +<gloss>hidden place</gloss> +<gloss>secrecy</gloss> +<gloss>oblivion</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> @@ -33,4 +37,4 @@ -<gloss>black-marketeering</gloss> -<gloss>shady</gloss> -<gloss>illegal</gloss> -<gloss>under-the-table</gloss> +<gloss>black market</gloss> +<gloss>shady trading</gloss> +<gloss>underhand transactions</gloss> +<gloss>illegal channels</gloss>
9.	A 2019-01-13 05:50:24 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	One day I hope to get the Kanjidic readings classified into 漢音/呉音/etc. For now I'm happy to have 呉音 there.
8.	A* 2019-01-08 07:04:08 Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	wiktionary: 漢音:アン, 呉音:オン
	Comments:	I don't think we should include obsolete 呉音. (If we keep it, we could add オン to 暗 as well.)
7.	A* 2019-01-08 06:53:38 Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	There are no words with this reading in JMDict, so it must be quite obscure
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6.	A* 2019-01-07 20:51:38 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	kanjigen has it as well
5.	A* 2019-01-07 20:29:02 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	I'm away from my kanwas; I'll check when I get home. I see it's in UniHan, which got its readings from Morohashi, so I suspect that's the source.
4.	A* 2019-01-07 09:56:20 Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Jim, What is the evidence for the on-reading オン of 闇? I can't find any
3.	A 2011-06-01 06:52:36 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
2.	A* 2011-06-01 06:05:20 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	GG5
	Diff:	@@ -26,0 +26,7 @@ +<gloss>bewilderment</gloss> +<gloss>despair</gloss> +<gloss>hopelessness</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
1.	A* 2011-06-01 05:10:09
	Refs:	GG2, 新和英中辞典, ルミナス
	Comments:	suggest split
	Diff:	@@ -21,0 +21,5 @@ +<gloss>dark</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<pos>&adj-no;</pos> @@ -22,1 +27,0 @@ -<gloss>dark</gloss> @@ -25,0 +29,1 @@ +<gloss>under-the-table</gloss>

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jmdict 1157160 Active (id: 1995298)
なり手；成り手；成手；為り手；為手 [io]
【なりて】

[n]
▶ person willing to take on a role
▶ willing candidate

History:

4.	A 2019-01-14 19:42:49 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3.	A* 2019-01-14 18:14:07 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	gg5, daij G n-grams: なり手 42056 成り手 2240 為り手 37 成手 66
	Comments:	I don't think "suitable person" is a great gloss.
	Diff:	@@ -11 +11 @@ -<keb>為り手</keb> +<keb>成手</keb> @@ -14 +14 @@ -<keb>成手</keb> +<keb>為り手</keb> @@ -25,2 +25,2 @@ -<gloss>candidate</gloss> -<gloss>suitable person</gloss> +<gloss>person willing to take on a role</gloss> +<gloss>willing candidate</gloss>
2.	A 2011-11-17 06:55:04 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -15,1 +15,0 @@ -<ke_inf>&iK;</ke_inf> @@ -19,1 +18,1 @@ -<ke_inf>&iK;</ke_inf> +<ke_inf>&io;</ke_inf>
1.	A* 2011-11-16 06:06:53 Nils Roland Barth <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	Google hits: なり手 588k 成り手 102k -.76 OoM 為り手 13k -.9 OoM (overall -1.66 OoM) Different dics give 成り／為り and 新解さん gives 為手, but that’s ambiguous and more often spelling for 仕手（して） so I’ve marked as [iK]. Can’t judge popularities of 成手 (mostly appears in unrelated compounds) or 為手 (since used for other word); they’re potentially confusing so I’ve placed them at the end.
	Comments:	Alt. spellings なり手、成り手 and 成手 (potentially confusing), 為手 (ambiguous with 仕手（して）).
	Diff:	@@ -5,0 +5,6 @@ +<keb>なり手</keb> +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>成り手</keb> +</k_ele> +<k_ele> @@ -6,0 +12,8 @@ +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>成手</keb> +<ke_inf>&iK;</ke_inf> +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>為手</keb> +<ke_inf>&iK;</ke_inf>

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jmdict 1168960 Active (id: 2047100)
引き取る [ichi1,news1,nf19] ；引取る [io/ichi1] ；引きとる
【ひきとる [ichi1,news1,nf19] 】

1.	[v5r,vt] ▶ to take into one's possession ▶ to receive ▶ to accept ▶ to collect ▶ to claim
2.	[v5r,vt] ▶ to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet) ▶ to take custody of ▶ to adopt
3.	[v5r,vt] ▶ to leave ▶ to go away ▶ to withdraw ▶ to get out

Conjugations

History:

9.	A 2019-08-29 21:00:26 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -36 +36 @@ -<gloss>to take (e.g. a person or a pet) into one's care</gloss> +<gloss>to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet)</gloss>
8.	A* 2019-08-29 10:56:48 Nicolas Maia
	Refs:	https://ytranking.net/blog/archives/8839
	Comments:	Used for pets too
	Diff:	@@ -36 +36 @@ -<gloss>to take (a person) into one's care</gloss> +<gloss>to take (e.g. a person or a pet) into one's care</gloss>
7.	A 2019-03-12 07:55:45 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
6.	A* 2019-03-09 15:49:34
	Refs:	大辞林 + 大辞泉
	Comments:	「まぁ　お客様なんて　めずらしい。でも　奥様は誰ともお会いになりません。お引き取りください。」
	Diff:	@@ -43 +43,2 @@ -<gloss>to retire to a private place</gloss> +<gloss>to leave</gloss> +<gloss>to go away</gloss>
5.	A 2019-01-15 20:57:59 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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4.	A* 2019-01-14 18:17:36
	Diff:	@@ -36 +36 @@ -<gloss>to take into one's care</gloss> +<gloss>to take (a person) into one's care</gloss>
3.	A* 2019-01-14 18:16:15
	Refs:	大辞泉 ②㋐㋑
	Comments:	「実はベルガから使者が来たのです。その者の話ではベルガの鉱山で事故が起こり　多くの囚人や兵士がけがをしたそうでございます。そして、この村の者がひどいけがをしたので　そのけが人を引き取りに来いとのことなのです。」
	Diff:	@@ -27,2 +27,3 @@ -<gloss>to take over</gloss> -<gloss>to take back</gloss> +<gloss>to take into one's possession</gloss> +<gloss>to receive</gloss> +<gloss>to accept</gloss> @@ -35 +36 @@ -<gloss>to take charge of</gloss> +<gloss>to take into one's care</gloss> @@ -37,2 +37,0 @@ -<gloss>to look after</gloss> -<gloss>to take care of</gloss>
2.	A 2011-06-06 06:10:55 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1.	A* 2011-06-06 04:24:36
	Refs:	新和英中辞典, GG2
	Comments:	suggest split
	Diff:	@@ -27,0 +27,8 @@ +<gloss>to take over</gloss> +<gloss>to take back</gloss> +<gloss>to collect</gloss> +<gloss>to claim</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&v5r;</pos> +<pos>&vt;</pos> @@ -28,1 +36,8 @@ -<gloss>to take over</gloss> +<gloss>to take custody of</gloss> +<gloss>to look after</gloss> +<gloss>to take care of</gloss> +<gloss>to adopt</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&v5r;</pos> +<pos>&vt;</pos> @@ -30,0 +45,2 @@ +<gloss>to withdraw</gloss> +<gloss>to get out</gloss>

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jmdict 1196170 Active (id: 1995315)
過剰 [ichi1,news1,nf08]
【かじょう [ichi1,news1,nf08] 】

[n,adj-na]
▶ excess
▶ surplus
▶ superabundance
▶ overabundance

History:

4.	A 2019-01-15 04:40:46 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3.	A* 2019-01-14 23:08:40 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	gg5, prog
	Comments:	I think this is better with noun glosses.
	Diff:	@@ -16,0 +17 @@ +<pos>&n;</pos> @@ -18 +18,0 @@ -<pos>&n;</pos> @@ -21 +21,2 @@ -<gloss>over-</gloss> +<gloss>superabundance</gloss> +<gloss>overabundance</gloss>
2.	A 2017-05-05 02:21:06 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1.	A* 2017-05-04 15:57:28 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	GG5
	Diff:	@@ -19,0 +20 @@ +<gloss>surplus</gloss>

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jmdict 1270200 Active (id: 1995313)
御意
【ぎょい】

1.	[n] [hon] ▶ your will ▶ your pleasure ▶ your wish
2.	[int] 《responding to someone of higher status》 ▶ certainly ▶ as you say ▶ you are quite right

History:

3.	A 2019-01-15 04:39:33 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Better.
2.	A* 2019-01-14 23:10:00 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	gg5 daijr (sense 2): "「御意のとおり」の意で，貴人・目上の人に対する返答としていう語。感動詞的にも用いる。おっしゃるとおり。お考えのとおり。「―にござります」"
	Comments:	I suggest having a separate int sense.
	Diff:	@@ -11,0 +12 @@ +<misc>&hon;</misc> @@ -13,0 +15,8 @@ +<gloss>your wish</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>∫</pos> +<s_inf>responding to someone of higher status</s_inf> +<gloss>certainly</gloss> +<gloss>as you say</gloss> +<gloss>you are quite right</gloss>
1.	A* 2019-01-14 18:49:02
	Diff:	@@ -11,2 +10,0 @@ -<pos>&conj;</pos> -<pos>∫</pos>

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jmdict 1291770 Active (id: 2191632)
座 [news1,nf02]
【ざ [news1,nf02] 】

[n]
▶ seat
▶ place

[n]
▶ position
▶ status

[n]
▶ gathering
▶ party
▶ company
▶ atmosphere (of a gathering)

[n]
▶ stand
▶ pedestal
▶ platform

[n] [hist]
▶ trade guild

[suf]
▶ attaches to the names of constellations

[suf]
▶ attaches to the names of theatres, cinemas and theatrical troupes

[suf,ctr]
▶ counter for theatres, deities, Buddhist images, tall mountains, and satokagura songs

Cross references:
	⇒ see: 1795690 里神楽 1. kagura performance held somewhere other than the imperial palace
	⇐ see: 1162600 一座【いちざ】 5. (one) statue

History:

7.	A 2022-06-19 21:32:23 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
6.	A* 2022-06-15 23:32:16 Nicolas Maia
	Diff:	@@ -39 +39,2 @@ -<gloss>(historical) trade guild</gloss> +<misc>&hist;</misc> +<gloss>trade guild</gloss>
5.	A 2019-01-15 20:55:55 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4.	A* 2019-01-14 23:17:20 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	daij, gg5
	Comments:	Only some of the senses are suffixes.
	Diff:	@@ -16 +15,0 @@ -<pos>&n-suf;</pos> @@ -19 +17,0 @@ -<gloss>position</gloss> @@ -23 +21 @@ -<pos>&n-suf;</pos> +<gloss>position</gloss> @@ -28 +25,0 @@ -<pos>&n-suf;</pos> @@ -30 +27,3 @@ -<gloss>group</gloss> +<gloss>party</gloss> +<gloss>company</gloss> +<gloss>atmosphere (of a gathering)</gloss> @@ -34 +32,0 @@ -<pos>&n-suf;</pos> @@ -41 +38,0 @@ -<pos>&n-suf;</pos> @@ -46 +43,5 @@ -<gloss>attaches to the names of theatres, theatrical troupes, and constellations</gloss> +<gloss>attaches to the names of constellations</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&suf;</pos> +<gloss>attaches to the names of theatres, cinemas and theatrical troupes</gloss>
3.	A 2011-10-02 13:19:21 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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2.	A* 2011-10-01 20:40:44 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	koj, daij, gg5, meikyo
	Diff:	@@ -18,1 +18,1 @@ -<gloss>one's place</gloss> +<gloss>place</gloss> @@ -22,2 +22,3 @@ -<pos>&suf;</pos> -<gloss>attaches to the names of theatres and constellations</gloss> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<pos>&n-suf;</pos> +<gloss>status</gloss> @@ -26,1 +27,26 @@ -<gloss>(historical) professional guild</gloss> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<pos>&n-suf;</pos> +<gloss>gathering</gloss> +<gloss>group</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<pos>&n-suf;</pos> +<gloss>stand</gloss> +<gloss>pedestal</gloss> +<gloss>platform</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<pos>&n-suf;</pos> +<gloss>(historical) trade guild</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&suf;</pos> +<gloss>attaches to the names of theatres, theatrical troupes, and constellations</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&suf;</pos> +<pos>&ctr;</pos> +<xref type="see" seq="1795690">里神楽</xref> +<gloss>counter for theatres, deities, Buddhist images, tall mountains, and satokagura songs</gloss>
1.	A* 2011-09-30 22:32:29 Leonardo Boiko <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	http://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/座#.E6.97.A5.E6.9C.AC.E8 .AA.9E
	Diff:	@@ -25,0 +25,3 @@ +<sense> +<gloss>(historical) professional guild</gloss> +</sense>

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jmdict 1326750 Active (id: 1995320)
取り持つ [news2,nf44] ；取持つ；執り持つ；執持つ
【とりもつ [news2,nf44] 】

1.	[v5t,vt] ▶ to act as a go-between (for) ▶ to mediate ▶ to arrange
2.	[v5t,vt] ▶ to entertain (guests) ▶ to treat ▶ to receive

Conjugations

History:

3.	A 2019-01-15 11:06:20 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -26 +26 @@ -<gloss>to act as a go between (for)</gloss> +<gloss>to act as a go-between (for)</gloss>
2.	A 2019-01-15 04:41:55 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1.	A* 2019-01-14 22:04:17 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	gg5, prog, daij
	Comments:	Splitting into senses.
	Diff:	@@ -11,0 +12,6 @@ +<k_ele> +<keb>執り持つ</keb> +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>執持つ</keb> +</k_ele> @@ -19,0 +26 @@ +<gloss>to act as a go between (for)</gloss> @@ -21,2 +28,8 @@ -<gloss>to entertain</gloss> -<gloss>to serve</gloss> +<gloss>to arrange</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&v5t;</pos> +<pos>&vt;</pos> +<gloss>to entertain (guests)</gloss> +<gloss>to treat</gloss> +<gloss>to receive</gloss>

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jmdict 1352180 Active (id: 1995283)
上がったり [news1,nf02]
【あがったり [news1,nf02] 】

[adj-na,n]
▶ doomed (business, trade, etc.)
▶ in a bad state
▶ poor

Cross references:
	⇒ see: 1352290 上がる【あがる】 13. to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die

History:

3.	A 2019-01-14 13:16:04 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	daij
	Diff:	@@ -15 +15,2 @@ -<pos>&exp;</pos> +<pos>&adj-na;</pos> +<pos>&n;</pos>
2.	A 2017-07-02 00:23:21 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1.	A* 2017-07-01 17:10:43 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	daijr/s, koj
	Comments:	All the refs specifically mention 商売/事業/仕事.
	Diff:	@@ -17 +17 @@ -<gloss>doomed</gloss> +<gloss>doomed (business, trade, etc.)</gloss> @@ -19 +19 @@ -<gloss>poor (e.g. business)</gloss> +<gloss>poor</gloss>

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jmdict 1511300 Active (id: 1995290)
変則 [news1,nf23]
【へんそく [news1,nf23] 】

[n,adj-na,adj-no]
▶ irregularity
▶ anomaly

History:

1.	A 2019-01-14 18:17:00 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	gg5, prog
	Diff:	@@ -14,0 +15 @@ +<pos>&n;</pos> @@ -16 +16,0 @@ -<pos>&n;</pos> @@ -18,0 +19 @@ +<gloss>anomaly</gloss>

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jmdict 1538340 Active (id: 2276012)
訳が分からない；訳がわからない；わけが分からない [sK] ；訳が分らない [sK]
【わけがわからない】

[exp,adj-i]
▶ incomprehensible
▶ nonsensical
▶ puzzling
▶ mysterious
▶ meaningless

Cross references:
	⇐ see: 2757500 訳の分からない【わけのわからない】 1. incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless

[exp]
▶ I don't get it
▶ I'm confused
▶ I'm lost

Conjugations

History:

18.	A 2023-09-01 10:55:59 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -24,2 +23,0 @@ -<xref type="see" seq="2757500">訳の分らない・わけのわからない</xref> -<xref type="see" seq="2757500">訳の分らない・わけのわからない</xref>
17.	A* 2023-09-01 03:50:29 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	Google N-gram Corpus Counts ╭─ーーーーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮ │ 訳が分からない　 │ 38,497 │ 26.7% │ │ 訳がわからない　 │ 33,197 │ 23.0% │ │ わけが分からない │ 12,044 │ 8.4% │ - sK │ 訳が分らない　　 │ 1,506 │ 1.0% │ - sK │ わけが分らない　 │ 318 │ 0.2% │ │ わけがわからない │ 58,554 │ 40.6% │ ╰─ーーーーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
	Diff:	@@ -11,0 +12 @@ +<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf> @@ -14,0 +16 @@ +<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
16.	A 2020-10-09 03:31:39 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
15.	A* 2020-10-08 22:53:51
	Comments:	aligning
	Diff:	@@ -24,0 +25,2 @@ +<gloss>puzzling</gloss> +<gloss>mysterious</gloss>
14.	A 2019-01-20 05:27:25 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	It's not colloquial, at least not any more than the adj-i sense is. I'm not really sure this entry should have two senses (in a kokugo dictionary, it certainly wouldn't) as I think they mean the same thing in Japanese, only it doesn't work out quite that way in English.
	Diff:	@@ -29 +28,0 @@ -<misc>&col;</misc>
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13.	A 2019-01-19 03:51:43 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
12.	A* 2019-01-19 01:41:11 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	I think these glosses work.
	Diff:	@@ -30,0 +31,2 @@ +<gloss>I'm confused</gloss> +<gloss>I'm lost</gloss>
11.	A 2019-01-17 10:43:09 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	訳が分からない 38497 訳がわからない 33197 わけが分からない 12044 訳が分らない 1506 わけがわからない 58554
	Comments:	OK. Adding that. Not really "uk".
	Diff:	@@ -23 +22,0 @@ -<misc>&uk;</misc> @@ -27,0 +27,5 @@ +<sense> +<pos>&exp;</pos> +<misc>&col;</misc> +<gloss>I don't get it</gloss> +</sense>
10.	A* 2019-01-16 01:27:00 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	But 訳のわからないない can only be used as an adj-i while 訳がわからない is much more commonly an expression meaning "I don't get it".
9.	A* 2019-01-16 01:18:16 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	prog ex: 彼が何を言っているのか訳が分からない What he says makes no sense.
	Comments:	I don't see a problem with adjective glosses. The only difference between 訳が分からない and 訳の分からない is that the latter has to come before a noun.
	Diff:	@@ -25 +25,2 @@ -<gloss>uncomprehending</gloss> +<gloss>nonsensical</gloss> +<gloss>meaningless</gloss>
8.	A* 2019-01-14 01:40:47 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	Eijiro: 訳が分からないカルト : obscure cult
	Comments:	I think this is a fair point, although there are cases like in the Eijiro example where it is adjectival. Perhaps we need 2 senses. A similar comment could be made about most の/が + adjective expressions.
7.	A* 2019-01-13 19:35:10
	Comments:	Should this really be phrased as an adjective? 訳のわからない, yes, but thr が version...?
6.	A 2015-06-04 09:23:33 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
5.	A* 2015-05-18 07:53:55
	Refs:	n-grams
	Comments:	sort of [uk], sort of not.
	Diff:	@@ -4,3 +3,0 @@ -<k_ele> -<keb>訳が分らない</keb> -</k_ele> @@ -11,0 +9,6 @@ +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>わけが分からない</keb> +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>訳が分らない</keb>
4.	A 2013-06-13 23:51:44 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Perhaps should be two senses.
	Diff:	@@ -6,0 +6,6 @@ +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>訳が分からない</keb> +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>訳がわからない</keb>
3.	A* 2013-06-13 21:14:35 winnie <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	As in 訳が分からないという表情 -- "an puzzled (uncomprehending) expression".
	Diff:	@@ -16,0 +16,1 @@ +<gloss>uncomprehending</gloss>
2.	A 2012-11-17 22:39:00 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	I'll add it. We have a lot of ...が.../...の... pairs. In fact in WWW hits わけのわからない is more common than わけがわからない.
	Diff:	@@ -11,0 +11,1 @@ +<pos>&exp;</pos> @@ -12,0 +13,1 @@ +<xref type="see" seq="2757500">訳の分らない・わけのわからない</xref>
1.	A* 2012-11-17 02:31:13 winnie <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	The phrase can also be written 訳の分からない with the same meaning, (incomprehensible or confusing), but I don't know if that's worth adding a new entry for.

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jmdict 1598040 Active (id: 2088975)
繋ぎ止める；つなぎ止める；繋ぎとめる；繋ぎ留める；つなぎ留める
【つなぎとめる】

1.	[v1,vt] ▶ to tie ▶ to fasten ▶ to hitch
2.	[v1,vt] ▶ to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.) ▶ to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.) ▶ to save (someone's life)

Conjugations

History:

6.	A 2020-11-30 03:24:08 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5.	A* 2020-11-29 11:12:26
	Refs:	https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO66544540T21C20A1000000 日本はつなぎ留める役割を果たさなければならない
	Diff:	@@ -14,0 +15,3 @@ +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>つなぎ留める</keb>
4.	A 2019-01-15 04:40:17 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3.	A* 2019-01-14 22:32:40 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	daij, gg5
	Comments:	Splitting into senses.
	Diff:	@@ -25,2 +25,7 @@ -<gloss>to secure (e.g. load, patronage of customers, etc.)</gloss> -<gloss>to hold on to</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&v1;</pos> +<pos>&vt;</pos> +<gloss>to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.)</gloss> +<gloss>to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.)</gloss> +<gloss>to save (someone's life)</gloss>
2.	A 2013-10-16 04:56:33 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
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1.	A* 2013-10-14 03:40:34 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	Ngrams
	Diff:	@@ -4,0 +4,3 @@ +<k_ele> +<keb>繋ぎ止める</keb> +</k_ele> @@ -8,1 +11,1 @@ -<keb>繋ぎ止める</keb> +<keb>繋ぎとめる</keb>

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jmdict 1601330 Active (id: 1995299)
板金 [news2,nf37] ；鈑金；板銀
【ばんきん (板金, 鈑金)；いたがね (板金, 板銀) [news2,nf37] 】

[n]
▶ sheet metal
▶ metal plate

History:

2.	A 2019-01-14 19:43:24 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1.	A* 2019-01-14 18:24:18 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	daij, koj
	Comments:	Added kanji form.
	Diff:	@@ -11,0 +12,3 @@ +<k_ele> +<keb>板銀</keb> +</k_ele> @@ -13,0 +17,2 @@ +<re_restr>板金</re_restr> +<re_restr>鈑金</re_restr> @@ -17,0 +23 @@ +<re_restr>板銀</re_restr>

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jmdict 1652410 Active (id: 2209286)
種明かし；タネ明かし；種あかし
【たねあかし (種明かし, 種あかし)；タネあかし (タネ明かし) 】

1.	[n,vs,vi] ▶ reveal of how a trick is done
2.	[n,vs,vi] ▶ disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.) ▶ exposure ▶ explanation

Conjugations

History:

10.	A 2022-09-21 04:39:03 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
9.	A* 2022-09-21 03:03:59 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	[vi]: shinmeikai, obunsha, sankoku
	Diff:	@@ -24,0 +25 @@ +<pos>&vi;</pos> @@ -29,0 +31 @@ +<pos>&vi;</pos>
8.	A 2019-01-15 04:43:10 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Still shuddering.
7.	A* 2019-01-14 21:46:30 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	daij, gg5, prog
	Comments:	Rewording so we don't need the indefinite article. I think it's better to have two senses here.
	Diff:	@@ -25,2 +25,6 @@ -<gloss>(a) reveal</gloss> -<gloss>disclosing the secret of a trick</gloss> +<gloss>reveal of how a trick is done</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<pos>&vs;</pos> +<gloss>disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.)</gloss> @@ -27,0 +32 @@ +<gloss>explanation</gloss>
6.	A 2018-11-09 05:40:49 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	OK (shudder). That's a revelation to me. I'll make it clearer that it's not a verb gone astray.
	Diff:	@@ -25 +25 @@ -<gloss>reveal</gloss> +<gloss>(a) reveal</gloss>
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5.	A* 2018-11-08 15:27:00 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	google dictionary: reveal noun 1. (in a film or television programme) a final revelation of information that has previously been kept from the characters or viewers. "the big reveal at the end of the movie answers all questions"
	Comments:	"reveal" is a noun gloss and I think it fits 種明かし better than "revealing" which is more general.
	Diff:	@@ -25 +25 @@ -<gloss>revealing</gloss> +<gloss>reveal</gloss>
4.	A 2018-11-08 05:58:53 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Noun gloss.
	Diff:	@@ -25 +25 @@ -<gloss>reveal</gloss> +<gloss>revealing</gloss>
3.	A* 2018-11-07 10:44:53 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	g ng タネ明かし 70160 種明かし 102617 種あかし 4912
	Diff:	@@ -8 +8 @@ -<keb>種あかし</keb> +<keb>タネ明かし</keb> @@ -11 +11 @@ -<keb>たね明かし</keb> +<keb>種あかし</keb> @@ -14,0 +15,6 @@ +<re_restr>種明かし</re_restr> +<re_restr>種あかし</re_restr> +</r_ele> +<r_ele> +<reb>タネあかし</reb> +<re_restr>タネ明かし</re_restr> @@ -18,0 +25 @@ +<gloss>reveal</gloss> @@ -19,0 +27 @@ +<gloss>exposure</gloss>
2.	A 2012-10-02 08:51:15 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
1.	A* 2012-10-02 08:03:50 Paul Upchurch <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	38k hits, 2.5k hits
	Diff:	@@ -6,0 +6,6 @@ +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>種あかし</keb> +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>たね明かし</keb>

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jmdict 1922550 Active (id: 1995310)
枠線
【わくせん】

[n]
▶ grid-line (e.g. in spreadsheet)
▶ enclosing line

History:

2.	A 2019-01-15 04:18:23 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1.	A* 2019-01-14 19:50:39 Nikolai Vavilov <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Makes more sense.
	Diff:	@@ -13 +13 @@ -<gloss>closing line</gloss> +<gloss>enclosing line</gloss>

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jmdict 2005770 Active (id: 1995277)
補助輪
【ほじょりん】

[n]
▶ training wheels
▶ stabilizers

History:

2.	A 2019-01-14 00:19:06 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1.	A* 2019-01-13 23:59:20 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	gg5
	Diff:	@@ -12,0 +13 @@ +<gloss>stabilizers</gloss>

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jmdict 2096610 Active (id: 1995305)
座が白ける；座がしらける
【ざがしらける】

[exp,v1]
▶ to put a damper on proceedings (at a meeting, party, etc.)

Conjugations

History:

5.	A 2019-01-14 22:42:12 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -16 +16 @@ -<gloss>to put a damper on proceedings (e.g. at a meeting or party, etc.)</gloss> +<gloss>to put a damper on proceedings (at a meeting, party, etc.)</gloss>
4.	A 2012-04-21 10:04:38 Paul Upchurch <...address hidden...>
3.	A* 2012-04-21 02:15:35 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Encountered it this way several times. Gets about 50% of the hits of 座が白ける.
	Diff:	@@ -6,0 +6,3 @@ +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>座がしらける</keb>
2.	A 2010-12-24 06:05:43 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Added additional PoS via batch update.Added additional PoS via batch update. -- via bulkupd.py --
	Diff:	@@ -12,0 +12,1 @@ +<pos>&v1;</pos>
1.	A 2006-08-08 00:00:00
	Comments:	Entry created

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jmdict 2394700 Active (id: 1995286)
子見出し
【こみだし】

[n]
▶ subentry (in dictionary)

Cross references:
	⇔ see: 2394690 親見出し 1. main entry (in dictionary)
	⇐ see: 2755340 子項目【ここうもく】 1. subentry (in dictionary)

History:

2.	A 2019-01-14 15:36:31 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -14 +13,0 @@ -<gloss>subentry</gloss>
1.	A 2008-06-29 00:00:00
	Comments:	Entry created

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jmdict 2517090 Active (id: 1995292)
変則的
【へんそくてき】

[adj-na]
▶ irregular
▶ atypical
▶ anomalous
▶ anomalistic
▶ abnormal

History:

4.	A 2019-01-14 18:18:48 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	gg5, prog
	Diff:	@@ -15,0 +16 @@ +<gloss>abnormal</gloss>
3.	A 2017-05-29 04:38:03 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
2.	A* 2017-05-24 20:19:39 Amen Lernsky <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -12,0 +13,3 @@ +<gloss>atypical</gloss> +<gloss>anomalous</gloss> +<gloss>anomalistic</gloss>
1.	A 2009-08-24 00:00:00
	Comments:	Entry created

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jmdict 2651550 Active (id: 1995282)
俗文体
【ぞくぶんたい】

[n] [rare]
▶ colloquial language style
▶ everyday language style

History:

5.	A 2019-01-14 10:52:04 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -12 +11,0 @@ -<xref type="see" seq="1723520">文語文</xref>
4.	A 2019-01-13 03:39:48 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Since it's not the first sense of 体, I think it's useful, albeit rare.
	Diff:	@@ -14,2 +14,2 @@ -<gloss>text written using colloquial language</gloss> -<gloss>text written using everyday language</gloss> +<gloss>colloquial language style</gloss> +<gloss>everyday language style</gloss>
3.	A* 2019-01-12 17:02:37 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	G n-grams: 俗文体 54
	Comments:	Not text but style. Do we actually need this? It's not at all common and it's not in any of the dictionaries I checked (including the version of nikk on Yahoo). I suggest we delete it. We have a sense for this use of 体.
2.	A 2011-08-05 05:25:35 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	Only ~300 hits
	Comments:	文語文 is not an antonym.
	Diff:	@@ -12,1 +12,2 @@ -<xref type="ant" seq="1723520">文語文</xref> +<xref type="see" seq="1723520">文語文</xref> +<misc>&obsc;</misc>
1.	A* 2011-08-05 02:29:43 Scott
	Refs:	nikk

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jmdict 2755340 Active (id: 1995309)
子項目
【ここうもく】

[n]
▶ subentry (in dictionary)

Cross references:
	⇒ see: 2394700 子見出し 1. subentry (in dictionary)
	⇔ see: 2837841 親項目 1. main entry (in dictionary)

History:

3.	A 2019-01-14 23:18:27 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -12 +12,2 @@ -<xref type="see" seq="2394700">子見出し・こみだし</xref> +<xref type="see" seq="2394700">子見出し</xref> +<xref type="see" seq="2837841">親項目</xref>
2.	A 2012-10-26 17:34:00 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
1.	A* 2012-10-26 11:10:16 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	Daijr: 「子見出し」に同じ。

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jmdict 2837837 Active (id: 1995275)
病気休暇
【びょうききゅうか】

[n]
▶ sick leave
▶ paid sick days

Cross references:
	⇐ see: 2837838 病休【びょうきゅう】 1. sick leave

History:

3.	A 2019-01-14 00:17:58 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2.	A* 2019-01-13 22:11:26 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
1.	A 2019-01-13 22:10:34 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	gg5, eij, jwiki
	Comments:	Approving for x-ref and reopening.

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jmdict 2837838 Active (id: 1995276)
病休
【びょうきゅう】

[n] [abbr]
▶ sick leave

Cross references:
	⇒ see: 2837837 病気休暇 1. sick leave; paid sick days

History:

2.	A 2019-01-14 00:18:25 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1.	A* 2019-01-13 22:11:09 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	gg5 G n-grams: 13344

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jmdict 2837839 Rejected (id: 1995311)
之字形
【しじけい】

[n]
《shaped like 之》
▶ zigzag pattern

History:

4.	R 2019-01-15 04:21:02 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	OK
3.	A* 2019-01-14 17:23:41 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	I'd reject it. Very few Japanese Google hits.
2.	A* 2019-01-14 01:31:12 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	https://quizlet.com/43338981/rtk-2-the-kana-and-their-kanji-flash-cards/
	Comments:	0 n-grams. Most WWW hits are Chinese. Very marginal.
	Diff:	@@ -12 +12,2 @@ -<gloss>zigzag (like the kanji 之)</gloss> +<s_inf>shaped like 之</s_inf> +<gloss>zigzag pattern</gloss>
1.	A* 2019-01-14 01:16:41 Yann Rinkel <...address hidden...>

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jmdict 2837840 Active (id: 1995297)
北マケドニア
【きたマケドニア】

[n]
▶ North Macedonia

History:

2.	A 2019-01-14 19:42:19 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Now in enamdict.
1.	A* 2019-01-14 15:27:15 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	https://www.sankei.com/smp/world/news/1901 12/wor1901120009-s1.html 「北マケドニア」へ国名変更、憲法改正を承認　野党切り崩しで解決へ前進
	Comments:	Not the official name of the country just yet but we might as well be proactive.

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jmdict 2837841 Active (id: 1995300)
親項目
【おやこうもく】

[n]
▶ main entry (in dictionary)

Cross references:
	⇒ see: 2394690 親見出し 1. main entry (in dictionary)
	⇔ see: 2755340 子項目 1. subentry (in dictionary)

History:

2.	A 2019-01-14 19:43:51 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1.	A* 2019-01-14 15:35:17 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	daijr/s: "「親見出し」に同じ"

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jmdict 2837842 Active (id: 1995368)
人使いが荒い
【ひとづかいがあらい】

[exp,adj-i]
▶ working one's employees hard
▶ being a slave-driver

Conjugations

History:

6.	A 2019-01-16 13:58:47 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -11,0 +12 @@ +<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
5.	A 2019-01-15 20:38:56 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	GG5: 人使いが荒い be a hard master; be a slave driver; work one's 「men [employees, staff] hard; sweat [exploit] one's workers
	Comments:	All 3 of the KOD JEs lead with 人使いが荒い as a subentry in their 人使い entries, and daijr has it as an example. I feel it just gets over the line.
4.	A* 2019-01-15 14:46:40
	Comments:	it's not used with other words though
3.	A* 2019-01-15 11:34:34 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	This just looks like an example to me. Standard A+B construction.
2.	A* 2019-01-15 04:38:21 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	人使いが荒い 4536 Tanaka: 僕のボスは人使いが荒いんだ。 My boss is a slave driver.
	Comments:	Possibly ok. Not adjectival.
	Diff:	@@ -12,3 +12,2 @@ -<pos>&adj-i;</pos> -<gloss>to push one's subordinates hard</gloss> -<gloss>to work one's employees hard</gloss> +<gloss>working one's employees hard</gloss> +<gloss>being a slave-driver</gloss>
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1.	A* 2019-01-14 18:56:19
	Refs:	https://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=人使い

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