Added additional dotted reading(s) via batch update.Added additional dotted reading(s) via batch update.
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-

@@ -13,0 +13,3 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>ホワイト・デイ</reb>
+</r_ele>

Added additional dotted reading(s) via batch update.Added additional dotted reading(s) via batch update.
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-

@@ -10,0 +10,3 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>ホワイト・デー</reb>
+</r_ele>

@@ -17 +17 @@
-<gloss>May Day (May 1st)</gloss>
+<gloss>May Day (May 1)</gloss>

@@ -38,0 +38,1 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2176800">蒼竜・そうりょう・3</xref>

@@ -37,0 +37,2 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2176790">二十八宿・にじゅうはっしゅく</xref>
+<field>&astron;</field>
@@ -42,1 +44,1 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2141870">元・げん</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2141870">元・げん・3</xref>

Yeah, on second thought the original gloss was better.
I don't think we need "obligation chocolate".

@@ -14 +13,0 @@
-<gloss g_type="lit">obligation chocolate</gloss>

I agree. "obligation chocolate" needs lit. as it's not a proper English word.

@@ -13 +13,2 @@
-<gloss>obligation chocolate</gloss>
+<gloss>obligatory gift chocolate</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">obligation chocolate</gloss>

I rather liked "obligatory".

maybe an antonym xref

@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2534830">本命チョコ</xref>

daijr, daijs

@@ -12 +12,2 @@
-<gloss>obligatory-gift chocolate</gloss>
+<gloss>obligation chocolate</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">chocolate given by women to male acquaintances on Valentine's day</gloss>

@@ -62,0 +63,2 @@
+<gloss>to have a go at</gloss>
+<gloss>to give something a try</gloss>

I don't like "conative" much, and in any case I suspect it's forming a conative structure rather than following a conative verb.

@@ -60 +60 @@
-<s_inf>usu. after after the -te form of a verb</s_inf>
+<s_inf>usu. after the -te form of a verb</s_inf>
@@ -69 +69 @@
-<s_inf>usu. after after the -te form of a verb</s_inf>
+<s_inf>usu. after the -te form of a verb</s_inf>

I don't think "conative"/"aconative" is very helpful (as I've noted previously).

@@ -60 +60 @@
-<s_inf>usu. after a conative verb as 〜てみる</s_inf>
+<s_inf>usu. after after the -te form of a verb</s_inf>
@@ -69 +69 @@
-<s_inf>usu. after an aconative verb as 〜てみると, 〜てみれば, 〜てみたら, etc.</s_inf>
+<s_inf>usu. after after the -te form of a verb</s_inf>

@@ -56,0 +57 @@
+<pos>&aux-v;</pos>
@@ -58 +58,0 @@
-<pos>&vt;</pos>
@@ -62,0 +63 @@
+<gloss>to test</gloss>
@@ -64,0 +66 @@
+<pos>&aux-v;</pos>
@@ -66 +67,0 @@
-<pos>&vt;</pos>

Search me. I was impressed by the word.

No idea, must have happened automatically. might there be a 
better way of saying "aconative verb"?

why rm all the usage tags?

@@ -6,0 +6,3 @@
+<ke_pri>ichi1</ke_pri>
+<ke_pri>news1</ke_pri>
+<ke_pri>nf14</ke_pri>
@@ -15,0 +18,3 @@
+<re_pri>ichi1</re_pri>
+<re_pri>news1</re_pri>
+<re_pri>nf14</re_pri>

the "aconative verb" in the note on meaning 6 is a little bit 
confusing - the term only gets 8 hits on bing, might there be 
a better way of phrasing it?

@@ -6,3 +6,0 @@
-<ke_pri>ichi1</ke_pri>
-<ke_pri>news1</ke_pri>
-<ke_pri>nf14</ke_pri>
@@ -18,3 +15,0 @@
-<re_pri>ichi1</re_pri>
-<re_pri>news1</re_pri>
-<re_pri>nf14</re_pri>

"try out" seems to be closer to the meaning than pure "try"

@@ -62,0 +62,1 @@
+<gloss>to try out</gloss>

koj, daij, meikyo

merging in recent submission suggested as a new entry.  i'm not sure the glosses (or my use of the word 'conative') are entirely right

@@ -60,1 +60,10 @@
-<gloss>(usu. after the -te form of a verb) to try</gloss>
+<s_inf>usu. after a conative verb as 〜てみる</s_inf>
+<gloss>to try</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&v1;</pos>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
+<s_inf>usu. after an aconative verb as 〜てみると, 〜てみれば, 〜てみたら, etc.</s_inf>
+<gloss>to see that...</gloss>
+<gloss>to find that...</gloss>

if you see "tagai ga" or "tagai wo" and get the translation "mutual", it's very confusing.

they're ok in "otagai" entry since that is adverb. but this is usually noun.

reopen

i agree.  for now let's do the お互い entry.  then i'll reopen in case we want to change further

@@ -19 +19,2 @@
-<gloss>both people</gloss>
+<gloss>mutual</gloss>
+<gloss>reciprocal</gloss>
@@ -21 +21,0 @@
-<gloss>one another</gloss>

お互い； 御互い 
【 おたがい 】
1.	[adv,adj-no,n] [pol] 
▶ mutual 
▶ reciprocal 
▶ each other

I feel like 互い and お互い should be formatted the same, but I'm not sure which version is best...

@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="1979930">お互い</xref>

daijs

@@ -18,2 +18,3 @@
-<gloss>mutual</gloss>
-<gloss>reciprocal</gloss>
+<gloss>both people</gloss>
+<gloss>each other</gloss>
+<gloss>one another</gloss>

gg5, daijs

adding two senses
adding [vi]

@@ -24 +24,2 @@
-<gloss>to come near to</gloss>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
+<gloss>to come near</gloss>
@@ -26,0 +28,12 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&v5r;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
+<gloss>to be on the verge of</gloss>
+<gloss>to be about to</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&v5r;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
+<gloss>to overhang</gloss>
+<gloss>to hang over</gloss>
+</sense>

Google n-grams (larger, later) have the kanji forms in front:
差し掛かる	58873
差しかかる	7156
差し掛る	138
さしかかる	55505

@@ -24 +23,0 @@
-<misc>&uk;</misc>

差しかかる	590

@@ -8,0 +9,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>差しかかる</keb>

n-grams
差し掛かる	2694
差し掛る	9
さしかかる	4031

@@ -20,0 +21 @@
+<misc>&uk;</misc>

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/手締め

The current "hand-clapping patter (at start of party)" is inadequate in that:
a) it doesn't account for the "三本." There are various 手締め, and 三本 is one of them.
b) "patter" makes you think of "meaningless, rapid talk; mere chatter; gabble." If it is being used here in the sense of "a rapid succession of light tapping sounds," then it's the wrong word, as this "patter" is never associated with the loud, harsh sound of hands clapping.

@@ -12,1 +12,1 @@
-<gloss>hand-clapping patter (at start of party)</gloss>
+<gloss>a three-set rhythmic handclapping ritual (at start of party)</gloss>

@@ -17 +17 @@
-<field>&geom;</field>
+<field>&math;</field>

@@ -17 +17,2 @@
-<gloss>(geometric) perimeter</gloss>
+<field>&geom;</field>
+<gloss>perimeter</gloss>

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/秋分の日
gg5

This seems to be the official name. Does this format look good? "(national holiday\; Sep 22, 23 or 24)" We should probably align all 
national holiday entries with this one if so.

@@ -12,3 +12 @@
-<gloss>autumn equinox holiday (Sep 23 or 24)</gloss>
-<gloss>fall equinox holiday</gloss>
-<gloss>autumnal equinox</gloss>
+<gloss>Autumnal Equinox Day (national holiday; Sep 22, 23 or 24)</gloss>

@@ -14,0 +14,1 @@
+<gloss>autumnal equinox</gloss>

@@ -37,0 +38 @@
+<gloss>Yin dynasty</gloss>

wiki

@@ -36 +35,0 @@
-<pos>&n-suf;</pos>
@@ -38 +37 @@
-<gloss>Shang (dynasty of China)</gloss>
+<gloss>Shang dynasty (China, c. 1600-1046 BCE)</gloss>

i've suggested removal of the first sense of 2056750, so updating x-ref

@@ -37,1 +37,2 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2056750">殷・2</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2056750">殷</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2056750">殷・1</xref>

@@ -17,0 +17,2 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="1382870">積</xref>
+<field>&math;</field>
@@ -35,1 +37,1 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2056750">殷</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2056750">殷・2</xref>

The prio tags don't look right

G n-grams
雛祭	10728
雛祭り	127084
ひな祭り	494690

@@ -5,2 +5,2 @@
-<keb>雛祭</keb>
-<ke_pri>ichi1</ke_pri>
+<keb>ひな祭り</keb>
+<ke_pri>spec1</ke_pri>
@@ -12 +12,2 @@
-<keb>ひな祭り</keb>
+<keb>雛祭</keb>
+<ke_pri>ichi2</ke_pri>
@@ -16,0 +18 @@
+<re_pri>spec1</re_pri>

wiki

@@ -21 +21,2 @@
-<gloss>Girls' Festival (March 3rd)</gloss>
+<gloss>Hinamatsuri (March 3rd)</gloss>
+<gloss>Girls' Festival</gloss>

tidying

@@ -21,1 +21,2 @@
-<gloss>Girls' (dolls') Festival (March 3rd)</gloss>
+<gloss>Girls' Festival (March 3rd)</gloss>
+<gloss>Dolls' Festival</gloss>

In fairness/completeness, here's a very-formal biographical note that combines retirement and 卒業, moving on from a lifetime of work at Honda before going on to different things.
2011年に⾃動⾞技術会フェローに認定。2012年グローバルテレマティクス部部⻑兼役員待遇参事に就任し、テレマティクスサービスのグローバル展開を担当し、2015年定年退職でHondaを卒業。
http://guide.jsae.or.jp/event/215215/

女子アイドル転換期　グループの顔が卒業する理由
https://style.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO37847820W8A111C1000000/
Tables, charts, statistics, elaborate discussions on why various band's head performers eventually "graduated".

term-of-art:
See https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/AKB48
Search 卒業予定 
This reflects how the term is used in the industry.  Talents "graduate".  I probably should not have called this euphemistic anymore.
If you search 卒業 alone in the article you'll see how tied up this is in the industry.
Japanese Wikipedia has hundreds of articles on bands and performers using this terminology.

English:
SOTSUGYŌ: TOO OLD TO BE AN IDOL?
https://the-comm.online/blog/sotsugyо-too-old-to-be-an-idol/

退職	5926900
会社を退職	80060

会社を卒業	3597
vs 

卒業公演	24421            Graduation performance/concert held before members depart, (granted, some overlap with school graduation events)
卒業コンサート	6935.    
卒業メンバー	4901	 Graduated group members
グループを卒業	1484.    Left the group
卒業を発表	1255	 Someone announced they would be "graduating" (one formulation) 
卒業シングル	239 Single (music track) released along with a band member's graduation

Note: The n-gram database doesn't contain numbers or romaji, and most band names do. Something like "AKB48を卒業した" would likely have generated quite a number of hits.

something else to chew on.  
Surely this is vt.  会社を卒業した。
sankoku says 名・他サ.  I graduated [college]...

大学を卒業して	95169	99.9%
大学から卒業して	127	0.1%

=== 

I wrote up quite a few additional comments on this, but I don't want to speak entirely based on my ability to google things, and limited personal exposure to these terms.  

This is an entry of some personal interest to me, not just something I pulled out of a hat and googled. I'd appreciate if you leave this open for a few days, if it's not in anyone's way, and I will chat with some natives here about their opinions. Or if it's alright for me to re-open later, that would be fine too if you want to discard changes for now. 

I had tightened the gloss a bit, so I'll leave that for reference. I've also changed[2] to be more specific about where you are moving on from, which I think helps capture "departure from a company", and mirrors the daijs defn(ある段階や時期を通り過ぎること). I've also left some refs on this as a "term-of-art" if anyone wants to chew on it(calling this a "euphemism" bas a poor choice on my part).  A key point in my mind is that, as a well-defined, well-known, established term-of-art, 卒業 merits a gloss of "retirement".  But I don't think "retirement" belongs in sense[2], and really should be limited to the idol case.  "graduation", in this sense of "retirement", would carry an identical, specific meaning, even if there is some sense-overlap with Hondaを卒業.   

hmm... Honda was specifically 年定年退職でHondaを卒業, so retirement is covered by 退職, and 卒業 is "moving on from his time at", so I'm not sure this is really counter to my intuition here... 

With regards to the two new linked refs - the twitter link was to a young, female actress/theatre performer, so her use does not seem so surprising.  For the "style" article, I think you're correct that this is sense[2].  It definitely appears that sense[2] is being used euphemistically now as a preferable term for leaving a company.  But I don't think this use post-dates, and also does not adequately cover, the JPOP/idol case.  I'll ask around for more Japanese opinions...

Anyway, I always appreciate everyone's consideration

@@ -19 +19 @@
-<pos>&vi;</pos>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
@@ -26,2 +26,2 @@
-<pos>&vi;</pos>
-<gloss>moving on (from)</gloss>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
+<gloss>moving on (from a stage of one's life)</gloss>
@@ -33 +33 @@
-<pos>&vi;</pos>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
@@ -37 +37 @@
-<gloss>graduation (used euphemistically, indicates departure from a talent agency or performance group, usu. on good terms)</gloss>
+<gloss>graduation (pre-announced departure from a talent agency or performance group, usu. at a young age)</gloss>

I think this is just a case of sense 2 being used. I don't think it needs its own.

https://style.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO27540540R00C18A3000000?channel=DF130420167231&page=3
会社を退職ではなく、「卒業」する人が増えるわけ
...
そして、その結果、「会社を辞める際に、人生の次のステージに進むことをイメージさせる卒業という前向きな言葉で、退職を表現するようになっているのではないか」と推測する。

https://mobile.twitter.com/asumi_momokawa/status/1550490187662528512
営業時代の同期が会社を卒業したらしい。

I don't agree with this edit.

メンバー加入・卒業・脱退・解雇　: Graduated, departed, or terminated...
https://idol-report.com/category/member

乃木坂46斉藤優里が卒業発表 (Marcus's original reference for "leaving a group, company"/"quitting" sense)
In which 25 year old woman announces "retirement" from female idol/pop performance group "Nogizaka46"
https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/201903250001019.html

https://nichegamer.com/amano-pikamee-announces-graduation-at-the-end-of-march/
Note the quotation marks:
Pikamee has announced that she will be “graduating” at the end of March
For the uninitiated, a VTuber “graduation” effectively means a retirement of the actress (or at least character!) from the industry. The term is borrowed from idol culture which usually says their talents graduate when leaving the group.

Performer announces their own 卒業, english translation is "retirement":
https://twitter.com/ayaki_piano/status/1440312921033089037
TRIX卒業の件では申し訳ありません。ファンの皆様へメッセージを書かせて頂きましたので、御一読頂けましたら幸いです。
I'm sorry about my retirement.I wrote my message to all of our fans, so I would appreciate if you could read it.Thank you.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_idol
Retirement
Idols are typically expected to change careers after aging out of the industry, with female idols ... at age 25[37] and male idols at ages 30–45. The term originated from the idol group Onyanko Club... Prior to the 1980s, the terms "retirement" and "disbandment" were used.[40] ... Tsunku, who produced the group Morning Musume, used the term as a euphemism regarding one of the members leaving the group.[40] An idol having a "graduation" ceremony is seen more favorably than terminating a contract or voluntarily withdrawing, as the latter two terms are negatively connoted with scandals.[41]

アイドルの動画を見ていて思いました。大人はその後の生活の責任など取らないのですね。
https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/uknow/questions/84410/
また、「卒業」のニュアンスは、「次のキャリアに行く」と言う意味ですよね。
ならば、これは日本的な考え方で、「Graduation」じゃなくて「Retirement」の方が良いです。
したがって、調整したら「Their lives after retirement from showbusiness were miserable」になります。「Showbusiness」はエンタメ産業のことです。

Idol singer from Keyakizaka46 says she’s now working as a Tokyo bar hostess
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/idol-singer-from-keyakizaka46-says-she’s-now-working-as-a-tokyo-bar-hostess-1
Youth is highly prized in Japanese show business, doubly so in the music sector, and triply so for idol singers. That means many idols retire from performing, or “graduate,” to use the industry term, at an age when they’re far too young to retire from working entirely.

All Hololive Vtubers who ended their activities
https://vocesabianime.com/eng/all-hololive-vtubers-who-ended-their-activities/
1 - Hitomi Chris: Termination Date: June 25, 2018
Hitomi Chris, who had her contract terminated by Hololive after some internal bullshit....
2 – Yakushiji Suzaku Graduation Date: March 6, 2020
...
7 – Kiryu Coco Graduation Date: July 1, 2021
8 – Uruha Rushia Termination Date: February 24, 2022

If you want a sense of just how common suggested sense [3] is, google news: 卒業 AKB48
For English, google unquoted: graduation retirement idol

The "retirement" sense of 卒業 has a well-documented history(tied to a specific band/performer's departure), and a very specific use case (you wouldn't 卒業 from your career at Sony). It is for Japanese "idols" or other (generally young) performing talent who retire (or frequently "are retired") from their agencies, often for aging out.  For women, this is at ~25, for men ~35. But it can be applied any time a talent agency and their respective talent part ways for any reason.  It is, among other things, a way of saving face for both parties. (preferable to "fired", "terminated", "dismissed", etc.)

In Japanese, a previous common term was 脱退, which appears in the Japanese Idol wikipedia page talking about departures: "メンバーの脱退や卒業..."

The citation used when Marcus added "leaving a group, company" was an example of precisely this sense (see refs). A 25 year old idol retiring from the female pop group "Nogizaka46". 

卒業 grew as euphemism for 脱退 in Japanese.  Because "graduation" does not (or did not previously) exist euphemistically in English, this has often been translated as "retirement" for comprehensibility. As Japanese pop culture makes inroads in the west, the term "graduation" is more-and-more used directly (both because it is now understood, and also because "retirement" is a very harsh term that some performers don't want to use).

Terms like "graduating" and "graduated" in this context are often used in quotes, not only because they might not be understood, but specifically because they *are* understood to be euphemisms.

This term remains in active, common use in English, now used with "VTubers" (live-streaming talent on youtube or other services), as well as the established J-POP scene.

I added "on good terms"... I've seen this detail many places, but perhaps it's not critical.  See the last reference - if a talent is terminated for cause, it becomes a shameful affair. Their existence (music, biographies, etc.) is often wiped from any platform the agency manages, and are somewhat left to disappear.  "graduation" as a preferable euphemism applies when parties split on "amicable" terms. (performers generally announce they they have "decided on their own" that it is time to graduate, whether this is this case or not).

I'm sure I haven't done the [note] properly, I appreciate any help in organizing this.  For this sense, "retirement" and "graduation" are absolute synonyms, but I didn't want to repeat the explanatory bit.

@@ -29,2 +29,10 @@
-<gloss>leaving (a group, company, etc.)</gloss>
-<gloss>quitting</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<pos>&vs;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="1014340">アイドル・1</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1416570">脱退・だったい</xref>
+<s_inf>this sense is generally limited to Japanese idols and similar managed talent</s_inf>
+<gloss>graduation (used euphemistically, indicates departure from a talent agency or performance group, usu. on good terms)</gloss>
+<gloss>retirement</gloss>

@@ -18,0 +19 @@
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
@@ -24,0 +26 @@
+<pos>&vi;</pos>

@@ -20 +20 @@
-<gloss>completion (e.g. of a course)</gloss>
+<gloss>completion (of a course)</gloss>
@@ -26 +26 @@
-<gloss>outgrowing something</gloss>
+<gloss>outgrowing (something)</gloss>

Both GG5 and 中辞典 have "outgrowing".

A:「よっ！またユーフォー探しか？」
B:「俺たちもう５年生なんだぜ！そろそろユーフォーとか卒業しろよ！ 」
C:「なんで？ユーフォーは本当にいるのに」

@@ -25,0 +26 @@
+<gloss>outgrowing something</gloss>

"乃木坂46斉藤優里が卒業発表「全て出し切った」"
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/pickup/6318299

@@ -25 +24,0 @@
-<gloss>outgrowing something</gloss>
@@ -26,0 +26,2 @@
+<gloss>leaving (a group, company, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>quitting</gloss>

Neither sense is [adj-no].
I don't think [col] is necessary for sense 2.

@@ -19 +18,0 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -26,2 +24,0 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
-<misc>&col;</misc>
@@ -29 +26 @@
-<gloss>moving on</gloss>
+<gloss>moving on (from)</gloss>

I basically agree with Marcus. I'm going to reset this entry to its previous form, leaving the discussion in place. I'll reopen it, but frankly I don't think the case for a third sense is getting anywhere.

@@ -19 +19 @@
-<pos>&vt;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
@@ -26,2 +26,3 @@
-<pos>&vt;</pos>
-<gloss>moving on (from a stage of one's life)</gloss>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
+<gloss>moving on (from)</gloss>
+<gloss>outgrowing (something)</gloss>
@@ -29,11 +30 @@
-<gloss>outgrowing (something)</gloss>
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<pos>&vs;</pos>
-<pos>&vt;</pos>
-<xref type="see" seq="1014340">アイドル・1</xref>
-<xref type="see" seq="1416570">脱退・だったい</xref>
-<s_inf>this sense is generally limited to Japanese idols and similar managed talent</s_inf>
-<gloss>graduation (pre-announced departure from a talent agency or performance group, usu. at a young age)</gloss>
-<gloss>retirement</gloss>
+<gloss>quitting</gloss>

While I appreciate the time and effort you're putting into this, I don't think this series of edits improve the entry. The kokugos define sense 2 as ある程度/段階/状態を通/時期を通り越す/通過. In their examples they use 少女趣味/漫画/マンガ本/ボウリング通い/恋愛, etc.. I don't think it makes sense to squeeze in "leave a company" there rather than group it in with "leave an idol group". Additionally I think your note and disambiguation go into too much detail and overcrowd the entry.

Sigh, not "post-dates...".
To correct my last thought:  I think the modern usage of 卒業 as a euphemism for leaving a company (as in the nikkei article's 「今春、○○（会社名）を卒業させて頂くことになりました」)is newer than (and probably partially inspired by) the JPOP usage.  But it is also consistent with a softening application of gloss [2].

@@ -27,0 +28 @@
+<gloss>leaving (a group, company, etc.)</gloss>

In fairness/completeness, here's a very-formal biographical note that combines retirement and 卒業, moving on from a lifetime of work at Honda before going on to different things.
2011年に⾃動⾞技術会フェローに認定。2012年グローバルテレマティクス部部⻑兼役員待遇参事に就任し、テレマティクスサービスのグローバル展開を担当し、2015年定年退職でHondaを卒業。
http://guide.jsae.or.jp/event/215215/

女子アイドル転換期　グループの顔が卒業する理由
https://style.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO37847820W8A111C1000000/
Tables, charts, statistics, elaborate discussions on why various band's head performers eventually "graduated".

term-of-art:
See https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/AKB48
Search 卒業予定 
This reflects how the term is used in the industry.  Talents "graduate".  I probably should not have called this euphemistic anymore.
If you search 卒業 alone in the article you'll see how tied up this is in the industry.
Japanese Wikipedia has hundreds of articles on bands and performers using this terminology.

English:
SOTSUGYŌ: TOO OLD TO BE AN IDOL?
https://the-comm.online/blog/sotsugyо-too-old-to-be-an-idol/

退職	5926900
会社を退職	80060

会社を卒業	3597
vs 

卒業公演	24421            Graduation performance/concert held before members depart, (granted, some overlap with school graduation events)
卒業コンサート	6935.    
卒業メンバー	4901	 Graduated group members
グループを卒業	1484.    Left the group
卒業を発表	1255	 Someone announced they would be "graduating" (one formulation) 
卒業シングル	239 Single (music track) released along with a band member's graduation

Note: The n-gram database doesn't contain numbers or romaji, and most band names do. Something like "AKB48を卒業した" would likely have generated quite a number of hits.

something else to chew on.  
Surely this is vt.  会社を卒業した。
sankoku says 名・他サ.  I graduated [college]...

大学を卒業して	95169	99.9%
大学から卒業して	127	0.1%

=== 

I wrote up quite a few additional comments on this, but I don't want to speak entirely based on my ability to google things, and limited personal exposure to these terms.  

This is an entry of some personal interest to me, not just something I pulled out of a hat and googled. I'd appreciate if you leave this open for a few days, if it's not in anyone's way, and I will chat with some natives here about their opinions. Or if it's alright for me to re-open later, that would be fine too if you want to discard changes for now. 

I had tightened the gloss a bit, so I'll leave that for reference. I've also changed[2] to be more specific about where you are moving on from, which I think helps capture "departure from a company", and mirrors the daijs defn(ある段階や時期を通り過ぎること). I've also left some refs on this as a "term-of-art" if anyone wants to chew on it(calling this a "euphemism" bas a poor choice on my part).  A key point in my mind is that, as a well-defined, well-known, established term-of-art, 卒業 merits a gloss of "retirement".  But I don't think "retirement" belongs in sense[2], and really should be limited to the idol case.  "graduation", in this sense of "retirement", would carry an identical, specific meaning, even if there is some sense-overlap with Hondaを卒業.   

hmm... Honda was specifically 年定年退職でHondaを卒業, so retirement is covered by 退職, and 卒業 is "moving on from his time at", so I'm not sure this is really counter to my intuition here... 

With regards to the two new linked refs - the twitter link was to a young, female actress/theatre performer, so her use does not seem so surprising.  For the "style" article, I think you're correct that this is sense[2].  It definitely appears that sense[2] is being used euphemistically now as a preferable term for leaving a company.  But I don't think this use post-dates, and also does not adequately cover, the JPOP/idol case.  I'll ask around for more Japanese opinions...

Anyway, I always appreciate everyone's consideration

@@ -19 +19 @@
-<pos>&vi;</pos>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
@@ -26,2 +26,2 @@
-<pos>&vi;</pos>
-<gloss>moving on (from)</gloss>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
+<gloss>moving on (from a stage of one's life)</gloss>
@@ -33 +33 @@
-<pos>&vi;</pos>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
@@ -37 +37 @@
-<gloss>graduation (used euphemistically, indicates departure from a talent agency or performance group, usu. on good terms)</gloss>
+<gloss>graduation (pre-announced departure from a talent agency or performance group, usu. at a young age)</gloss>

I think this is just a case of sense 2 being used. I don't think it needs its own.

https://style.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO27540540R00C18A3000000?channel=DF130420167231&page=3
会社を退職ではなく、「卒業」する人が増えるわけ
...
そして、その結果、「会社を辞める際に、人生の次のステージに進むことをイメージさせる卒業という前向きな言葉で、退職を表現するようになっているのではないか」と推測する。

https://mobile.twitter.com/asumi_momokawa/status/1550490187662528512
営業時代の同期が会社を卒業したらしい。

I don't agree with this edit.

メンバー加入・卒業・脱退・解雇　: Graduated, departed, or terminated...
https://idol-report.com/category/member

乃木坂46斉藤優里が卒業発表 (Marcus's original reference for "leaving a group, company"/"quitting" sense)
In which 25 year old woman announces "retirement" from female idol/pop performance group "Nogizaka46"
https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/201903250001019.html

https://nichegamer.com/amano-pikamee-announces-graduation-at-the-end-of-march/
Note the quotation marks:
Pikamee has announced that she will be “graduating” at the end of March
For the uninitiated, a VTuber “graduation” effectively means a retirement of the actress (or at least character!) from the industry. The term is borrowed from idol culture which usually says their talents graduate when leaving the group.

Performer announces their own 卒業, english translation is "retirement":
https://twitter.com/ayaki_piano/status/1440312921033089037
TRIX卒業の件では申し訳ありません。ファンの皆様へメッセージを書かせて頂きましたので、御一読頂けましたら幸いです。
I'm sorry about my retirement.I wrote my message to all of our fans, so I would appreciate if you could read it.Thank you.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_idol
Retirement
Idols are typically expected to change careers after aging out of the industry, with female idols ... at age 25[37] and male idols at ages 30–45. The term originated from the idol group Onyanko Club... Prior to the 1980s, the terms "retirement" and "disbandment" were used.[40] ... Tsunku, who produced the group Morning Musume, used the term as a euphemism regarding one of the members leaving the group.[40] An idol having a "graduation" ceremony is seen more favorably than terminating a contract or voluntarily withdrawing, as the latter two terms are negatively connoted with scandals.[41]

アイドルの動画を見ていて思いました。大人はその後の生活の責任など取らないのですね。
https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/uknow/questions/84410/
また、「卒業」のニュアンスは、「次のキャリアに行く」と言う意味ですよね。
ならば、これは日本的な考え方で、「Graduation」じゃなくて「Retirement」の方が良いです。
したがって、調整したら「Their lives after retirement from showbusiness were miserable」になります。「Showbusiness」はエンタメ産業のことです。

Idol singer from Keyakizaka46 says she’s now working as a Tokyo bar hostess
https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/idol-singer-from-keyakizaka46-says-she’s-now-working-as-a-tokyo-bar-hostess-1
Youth is highly prized in Japanese show business, doubly so in the music sector, and triply so for idol singers. That means many idols retire from performing, or “graduate,” to use the industry term, at an age when they’re far too young to retire from working entirely.

All Hololive Vtubers who ended their activities
https://vocesabianime.com/eng/all-hololive-vtubers-who-ended-their-activities/
1 - Hitomi Chris: Termination Date: June 25, 2018
Hitomi Chris, who had her contract terminated by Hololive after some internal bullshit....
2 – Yakushiji Suzaku Graduation Date: March 6, 2020
...
7 – Kiryu Coco Graduation Date: July 1, 2021
8 – Uruha Rushia Termination Date: February 24, 2022

If you want a sense of just how common suggested sense [3] is, google news: 卒業 AKB48
For English, google unquoted: graduation retirement idol

The "retirement" sense of 卒業 has a well-documented history(tied to a specific band/performer's departure), and a very specific use case (you wouldn't 卒業 from your career at Sony). It is for Japanese "idols" or other (generally young) performing talent who retire (or frequently "are retired") from their agencies, often for aging out.  For women, this is at ~25, for men ~35. But it can be applied any time a talent agency and their respective talent part ways for any reason.  It is, among other things, a way of saving face for both parties. (preferable to "fired", "terminated", "dismissed", etc.)

In Japanese, a previous common term was 脱退, which appears in the Japanese Idol wikipedia page talking about departures: "メンバーの脱退や卒業..."

The citation used when Marcus added "leaving a group, company" was an example of precisely this sense (see refs). A 25 year old idol retiring from the female pop group "Nogizaka46". 

卒業 grew as euphemism for 脱退 in Japanese.  Because "graduation" does not (or did not previously) exist euphemistically in English, this has often been translated as "retirement" for comprehensibility. As Japanese pop culture makes inroads in the west, the term "graduation" is more-and-more used directly (both because it is now understood, and also because "retirement" is a very harsh term that some performers don't want to use).

Terms like "graduating" and "graduated" in this context are often used in quotes, not only because they might not be understood, but specifically because they *are* understood to be euphemisms.

This term remains in active, common use in English, now used with "VTubers" (live-streaming talent on youtube or other services), as well as the established J-POP scene.

I added "on good terms"... I've seen this detail many places, but perhaps it's not critical.  See the last reference - if a talent is terminated for cause, it becomes a shameful affair. Their existence (music, biographies, etc.) is often wiped from any platform the agency manages, and are somewhat left to disappear.  "graduation" as a preferable euphemism applies when parties split on "amicable" terms. (performers generally announce they they have "decided on their own" that it is time to graduate, whether this is this case or not).

I'm sure I haven't done the [note] properly, I appreciate any help in organizing this.  For this sense, "retirement" and "graduation" are absolute synonyms, but I didn't want to repeat the explanatory bit.

@@ -29,2 +29,10 @@
-<gloss>leaving (a group, company, etc.)</gloss>
-<gloss>quitting</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<pos>&vs;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="1014340">アイドル・1</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1416570">脱退・だったい</xref>
+<s_inf>this sense is generally limited to Japanese idols and similar managed talent</s_inf>
+<gloss>graduation (used euphemistically, indicates departure from a talent agency or performance group, usu. on good terms)</gloss>
+<gloss>retirement</gloss>

@@ -18,0 +19 @@
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
@@ -24,0 +26 @@
+<pos>&vi;</pos>

@@ -20 +20 @@
-<gloss>completion (e.g. of a course)</gloss>
+<gloss>completion (of a course)</gloss>
@@ -26 +26 @@
-<gloss>outgrowing something</gloss>
+<gloss>outgrowing (something)</gloss>

Both GG5 and 中辞典 have "outgrowing".

A:「よっ！またユーフォー探しか？」
B:「俺たちもう５年生なんだぜ！そろそろユーフォーとか卒業しろよ！ 」
C:「なんで？ユーフォーは本当にいるのに」

@@ -25,0 +26 @@
+<gloss>outgrowing something</gloss>

"乃木坂46斉藤優里が卒業発表「全て出し切った」"
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/pickup/6318299

@@ -25 +24,0 @@
-<gloss>outgrowing something</gloss>
@@ -26,0 +26,2 @@
+<gloss>leaving (a group, company, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>quitting</gloss>

Neither sense is [adj-no].
I don't think [col] is necessary for sense 2.

@@ -19 +18,0 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -26,2 +24,0 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
-<misc>&col;</misc>
@@ -29 +26 @@
-<gloss>moving on</gloss>
+<gloss>moving on (from)</gloss>

See how this looks.

@@ -19,1 +19,1 @@
-<gloss>Middle Ages</gloss>
+<gloss>Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods )</gloss>

both daijr and daijs says it's spec. used to refer to the 
Kamakura and Muromachi periods when referring to Japanese 
history. Might be worth pointing out? Separate meaning? Note?

no, it was spelled 'mediaeval', which is perfectly correct

@@ -21,0 +21,1 @@
+<gloss>mediaeval times</gloss>

medieval was spelled "mediavel"

@@ -20,1 +20,1 @@
-<gloss>mediaeval times</gloss>
+<gloss>medieval times</gloss>

GG5, 新和英中辞典, etc. say it's the lunar calendar, but Daijirin and Kojien make it clear it's the solar calendar in this case.

@@ -19,1 +19,1 @@
-<gloss>first day of spring (approx. Feb. 4)</gloss>
+<gloss>first day of spring (according to the solar calendar, approx. Feb. 4)</gloss>

You are quite right. You flagged 剳青 back in 2007, but in those hand-edit days I stuffed up your correction.
剳青 was getting WWW hits in 2004, with pages dating back to the 1990s, so I doubt it was all due to EDICT. Interesting that several totally Japanese pages on tattoos use lists of terms obvious pasted from EDICT.
My kanwas have いれずみ as a kun reading of 黥, so it wouldn't be gikun.

koj, daij, gg5, etc.

iK is on the wrong one.  the actual iK one (剳青) appears to be an edictism that was widely copied because it made it onto english wikipedia (and has since been removed).  i see no reason to keep it

shinmeikai is the only source with 黥=いれずみ.  it could be given its own entry as 黥[げい] with いれずみ as a gikun reading

@@ -10,4 +10 @@
-<keb>入墨</keb>
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
-<keb>剳青</keb>
+<keb>刺青</keb>
@@ -22,2 +19,2 @@
-<keb>刺青</keb>
-<ke_inf>&iK;</ke_inf>
+<keb>入墨</keb>
+<ke_inf>&io;</ke_inf>
@@ -45,0 +43 @@
+<gloss>tattooing</gloss>

@@ -18 +18 @@
-<gloss>Heisei era (1989.1.8- )</gloss>
+<gloss>Heisei era (January 8, 1989-)</gloss>

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/byline/okadayuka/20190331-00120374/
"実際は、平成最後の日は4月30日。翌5月1日が新元号初日だ。"

End in sight.

@@ -18 +18 @@
-<gloss>Heisei era (January 8, 1989-)</gloss>
+<gloss>Heisei era (January 8, 1989-April 30, 2019)</gloss>

@@ -18 +18 @@
-<gloss>Heisei era (1989.1.8- )</gloss>
+<gloss>Heisei era (January 8, 1989-)</gloss>

best to skip I think

@@ -21 +20,0 @@
-<s_inf>one of the five annual festivals</s_inf>

Really a note. The [expl] is for expanded glosses.

@@ -20,0 +21 @@
+<s_inf>one of the five annual festivals</s_inf>
@@ -22 +22,0 @@
-<gloss g_type="expl">one of the five annual festivals</gloss>

tidying up

@@ -21 +21,2 @@
-<gloss>Boy's Day celebration (May 5th) (one of the five annual festivals)</gloss>
+<gloss>Boy's Day celebration (May 5th)</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">one of the five annual festivals</gloss>

端五 from kojien and daijisen.  no evidence that it's an abbreviation.  (and i had weird problems with the system telling me that one of the x-refs doesn't exist even though it clearly does)

@@ -8,0 +8,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>端五</keb>
@@ -17,4 +20,2 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2138430">端午の節句</xref>
-<xref type="see" seq="2138430">端午の節句</xref>
-<misc>&abbr;</misc>
-<gloss>Boy's Day celebration (May 5th)(one of the five annual festivals)</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="2138430">端午の節句・たんごのせっく</xref>
+<gloss>Boy's Day celebration (May 5th) (one of the five annual festivals)</gloss>

@@ -16,0 +16,1 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="1268440">五節句</xref>
@@ -18,1 +19,1 @@
-<gloss>Boy's Day celebration (May 5th)</gloss>
+<gloss>Boy's Day celebration (May 5th)(one of the five annual festivals)</gloss>

Sorry to reopen. I agree with your edit, but I noticed in the xrefd entries that we use the term Koshogatsu. This term is also used quite a bit on the web and also in books. It's used with a capital letter.

@@ -13,0 +14 @@
+<gloss>Koshogatsu</gloss>

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/小正月

GG5 describes it as "New Year's Day according to the lunar calendar" but that's incorrect.

Traditionally, 小正月 referred to the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar (like the Lantern Festival in China). The date was moved to 15th January when Japan officially switched to the Gregorian calendar.

@@ -12,2 +12,2 @@
-<gloss>the 14th-16th days of the lunar New Year</gloss>
-<gloss>Little New Year</gloss>
+<gloss>Little New Year (festival held on January 15th)</gloss>
+<gloss>14th-16th days of the first month of the year</gloss>

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_New_Year#Little_New_Year

@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+<gloss>Little New Year</gloss>

@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="1621120">遅生まれ</xref>

koj WP

@@ -10,0 +10,3 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>じょうみ</reb>
+</r_ele>
@@ -12,0 +15,1 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="1268440">五節句</xref>