closing this
I will look more into these notes and then start a thread on the mail list

I just checked. We are a bit inconsistent. "also written as XXX" and "also written XXX" are common, but there are some "also XXX".
There are 172 comments like this (comments that begin with "also") so cleaning up would not be too much work.

our usual style is "also written as ..." or "also read as ..."
having a tag for this, as Marcus suggests, would be useful for app and website developers

@@ -10 +10 @@
-<s_inf>also 西蔵</s_inf>
+<s_inf>also written as 西蔵</s_inf>

I don't mind the split. Having せいぞう come before チベット seems obviously not a great idea.
Should the note be "also written as..." rather than just "also..."?
(one way to standardize this better across entries could be to have a <s_inf inf_type="alsowrittenas">西蔵</s_inf> type of thing. in 
shorthand, [awa="西蔵"])

I think it's worth pointing out it's not normally used for Sino-Japanese words.

Not sure that addition is needed.

meikyo
... 日本語では、ガラス・コップ・パン・ビールなど。◇日本語では多く欧米諸国から入ってきた語をいう。中国から入ってきた漢語も広義では外来語だが、ふつう外来語とはしない。

@@ -19 +19 @@
-<gloss>loanword</gloss>
+<gloss>loanword (in Japanese, esp. those of Western origin)</gloss>

@@ -19,2 +19,2 @@
-<gloss>borrowed word</gloss>
-<gloss>foreign origin word</gloss>
+<gloss>loanword</gloss>
+<gloss>foreign-origin word</gloss>

OK, yes probably best split off.

@@ -22,7 +21,0 @@
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<pos>&adv;</pos>
-<gloss>deliberately</gloss>
-<gloss>intentionally</gloss>
-<gloss>on purpose</gloss>
-<gloss>purposely</gloss>

If we want adverbial glosses, we should have a separate adv 故意に entry. 故意 (without に) isn't adverbial.

@@ -16,0 +17 @@
+<pos>&n;</pos>
@@ -18 +18,0 @@
-<pos>&n;</pos>

GG5: 故意に intentionally; on purpose; purposely; deliberately; designedly; by (deliberate) design; 【法】 [L] scienter; 〔知りつつ〕 wittingly; knowingly
故意	635608
故意に	271941
故意の	41721
故意又は	54613	  
故意または	38056

Not sure it's a separate sense. There are 10 Tanaka sentences and 9 have 故意に.

@@ -16,0 +17 @@
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -18 +18,0 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -21 +20,0 @@
-<gloss>(on) purpose</gloss>
@@ -26,2 +25,4 @@
-<gloss>deliberate</gloss>
-<gloss>intentional</gloss>
+<gloss>deliberately</gloss>
+<gloss>intentionally</gloss>
+<gloss>on purpose</gloss>
+<gloss>purposely</gloss>

wisdom

Their example is 彼は故意にそれをやった

@@ -22,0 +23,5 @@
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&adv;</pos>
+<gloss>deliberate</gloss>
+<gloss>intentional</gloss>

@@ -8 +8 @@
-<keb>濠洲</keb>
+<keb>濠州</keb>
@@ -11 +11 @@
-<keb>濠州</keb>
+<keb>濠洲</keb>
@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="1031680">オーストラリア</xref>

@@ -18 +17,0 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>

tidying

@@ -19 +19 @@
-<gloss>first departure (of the day: train, bus, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>first departure (of the day)</gloss>

@@ -19,1 +19,1 @@
-<gloss>first departure (of the day, of a train, bus, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>first departure (of the day: train, bus, etc.)</gloss>

Add clarification “of the day” – distinguish:
始発 “first departure of the day”
先発 “first departure from now” （関西弁；　関東弁＝今度）
(Found this *v.* confusing when I hadn’t really learned these properly yet.)
* Also, remove broken link (merged?):
[see=1056650#・終発[1]]

@@ -19,2 +19,1 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1698260">終発</xref>
-<gloss>first departure (of a train, bus, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>first departure (of the day, of a train, bus, etc.)</gloss>

I agree.

@@ -18,2 +18,2 @@
-<xref type="ant" seq="1698260">終発</xref>
-<xref type="ant" seq="1698260">終発</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1698260">終発</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1698260">終発</xref>

"ant" or "see" for sense 1?  i tend to think "see", which is how 終発 links to 始発

daijr: 大蔵大臣のこと。

@@ -15,0 +16 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="1414440">大蔵大臣</xref>

@@ -25 +25 @@
-<gloss>Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryo system)</gloss>
+<gloss>Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryō system)</gloss>

@@ -19 +19 @@
-<gloss>(former) Ministry of Finance (1869-2001)</gloss>
+<gloss>Ministry of Finance (1869-2001)</gloss>
@@ -23,0 +24 @@
+<misc>&hist;</misc>

daijr/s
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/大蔵省
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_the_Treasury

All the refs say 2001.
I don't think the gloss should contain "zaimushou".
Added sense.

@@ -19 +19,6 @@
-<gloss>(former) Ministry of Finance (succeeded by zaimushou in 2000)</gloss>
+<gloss>(former) Ministry of Finance (1869-2001)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="1738990">律令制</xref>
+<gloss>Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryo system)</gloss>

I don't know either. Perhaps "(until 2001)"?

I don't know if we want to indicate that the post of 大蔵大臣 no longer exists in Japan.

@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2098850">財務大臣</xref>

Seems OK.

http://yourei.jp/を通じ合う

It's an awkward one to translate.
I think it's clearer if we have separate senses for transitive and intransitive usage.

@@ -19,0 +20,5 @@
+<gloss>to be understood by each other (of thoughts, feelings, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>to be comprehended</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&v5u;</pos>
@@ -21,3 +26,3 @@
-<gloss>to understand each other</gloss>
-<gloss>to get along</gloss>
-<gloss>to communicate well</gloss>
+<gloss>to exchange with each other (thoughts, feelings, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>to express to each other (e.g. intentions)</gloss>
+<gloss>to communicate with each other</gloss>

isn't "to understand each other" the translation for *心が* 通じ合う or *気持ちが* 通じ合う?
I think the glosses here should be something like "to carry over well (of thoughts or feelings)"

I agree.

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

koj: 〘自五〙双方から互いに伝わる。互いにかよわせる。「気持が―・う」
を通じ合う	2034
が通じ合う	15301

Is it standard usage, though? If we're tagging it as transitive, we should add vi as well.

中辞典 has sense 2.

I think it's OK here.

gg5 koj daij

sense 2 could maybe be replaced by a separate いやいやをする entry

@@ -29 +29,2 @@
-<gloss>shaking head in refusal (to children)</gloss>
+<s_inf>usu. as いやいやをする</s_inf>
+<gloss>shaking head in refusal (like a child)</gloss>

Reopen.

Daijr, Gg5, 新和英中辞典, ルミナス

Daijr & 中辞典 split senses. Senses 2 & 3 could be combined, but I think it's useful to split the noun and the interjection.
An issue is whether 否否/いやいや/いえいえ should be combined here. Daijr and GG5 separate them, with 否否 meaning "no, no", but Koj combines them. I think it's better to keep them apart and cross-ref.
I'll approve this to fix the xrefs, then reopen.

@@ -11,1 +11,1 @@
-<keb>厭厭</keb>
+<keb>厭々</keb>
@@ -14,1 +14,1 @@
-<keb>厭々</keb>
+<keb>厭厭</keb>
@@ -21,1 +21,0 @@
-<pos>&n;</pos>
@@ -25,0 +24,5 @@
+<gloss>reluctantly</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
@@ -27,0 +31,7 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&int;</pos>
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
+<gloss>no!</gloss>
+<gloss>no no!</gloss>
+<gloss>not at all</gloss>
+</sense>

I'm surprised there are no sentences using it.

gg5, prog, daij

Large tidy-up.

@@ -19,2 +19,9 @@
-<gloss>such and such (when being vague, placeholder, etc.)</gloss>
-<gloss>this and that</gloss>
+<s_inf>used when asking about or referring to multiple unspecified things</s_inf>
+<gloss>what</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&pn;</pos>
+<s_inf>used when listing things that are unknown or do not need to be specified</s_inf>
+<gloss>so-and-so</gloss>
+<gloss>such and such</gloss>
+<gloss>something (or other)</gloss>
@@ -24,3 +31,4 @@
-<gloss>What?</gloss>
-<gloss>What is the matter?</gloss>
-<gloss>What are the items?</gloss>
+<s_inf>used when asking for confirmation upon hearing something surprising</s_inf>
+<gloss>what?</gloss>
+<gloss>wait</gloss>
+<gloss>hang on</gloss>
@@ -30 +38 @@
-<gloss>Let's see... (e.g. when about to read a letter)</gloss>
+<s_inf>used when about to read a letter or document</s_inf>
@@ -31,0 +40 @@
+<gloss>let's see</gloss>
@@ -35,2 +44,5 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1577100">何・なに・7</xref>
-<gloss>don't worry about it</gloss>
+<s_inf>used to dismiss someone's words or concerns</s_inf>
+<gloss>no</gloss>
+<gloss>oh (not at all)</gloss>
+<gloss>please</gloss>
+<gloss>there, there</gloss>

大辞林

@@ -31,0 +32,5 @@
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&int;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="1577100">何・なに・7</xref>
+<gloss>don't worry about it</gloss>

GG5 (sense 1)

@@ -30 +30,2 @@
-<gloss>Let's see... (used when about to read a letter, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>Let's see... (e.g. when about to read a letter)</gloss>
+<gloss>well, well</gloss>

大辞泉 二①

@@ -27,0 +28,4 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&int;</pos>
+<gloss>Let's see... (used when about to read a letter, etc.)</gloss>
+</sense>

Oops

@@ -18 +18 @@
-<gloss>live coals (for firefighting</gloss>
+<gloss>live coals (for firelighting)</gloss>

Yes, reversed senses are better. I agree that "embers" are not really associated with fire-lighting in English.  I'll align with 火種.

@@ -12,2 +12,2 @@
-<gloss>embers (for starting a fire)</gloss>
-<gloss>live coals</gloss>
+<gloss>pilot light</gloss>
+<gloss>spark</gloss>
@@ -17,2 +17,2 @@
-<gloss>pilot light</gloss>
-<gloss>spark</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="1193980">火種・ひだね・1</xref>
+<gloss>live coals (for firefighting</gloss>

* meikyo: いつでも火がおこせるように用意しておく少しの火。
* https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/live-coals

As Robin notes, these are both "a small amount of fire for starting a new fire". But in English, "embers" 
are remnants and don't necessarily imply that purpose and "live" coals just means they are active. Compare 
our 「火種」 entry.

Also, I note that luminous, wisdom, and concise only have "pilot light" and not embers/coals so maybe worth 
promoting the modern sense.

@@ -12 +12 @@
-<gloss>embers</gloss>
+<gloss>embers (for starting a fire)</gloss>

aligning

@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>last departure (of a train, bus, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>last departure (of the day)</gloss>

@@ -12,0 +12,1 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="1307610">始発</xref>
@@ -15,1 +16,0 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1307610">始発</xref>

matching format of 始発

@@ -12,1 +12,5 @@
-<gloss>the last train or departure</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="1307610">始発・1</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1307610">始発</xref>
+<gloss>last departure (of a train, bus, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>last train</gloss>
+<gloss>last bus</gloss>

Let's leave it for now. Perhaps there's scope for a tag for gairaigo with semantic shift, not that this actually one.

https://www.lexico.com/definition/claimer

I think "和製用法" denotes that the usage (i.e. meaning) of the term (as opposed to the term itself) is "Japanese-made". "Claimer" is an English word; it just doesn't have this meaning.
We wouldn't usually call something like this "wasei", but then again, クレーマー probably comes from クレーム+er rather than "claimer", which isn't an especially common word.

ＫＯＤ追加語彙
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/クレーム#クレーマーの種類

Gakken notes: 和製用法 (whatever that means.) I'm happy to call it wasei.

Is this wasei-eigo? I am not familiar with the term "claimer" in English.

@@ -9 +9 @@
-<lsource xml:lang="eng">claimer</lsource>
+<lsource ls_wasei="y">claimer</lsource>

ああ言えばこう言う	8136
ああ言えばこう言うやつ	< 20
GG5, etc.

I think the "id" was fine.

@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+<misc>&id;</misc>
@@ -13,0 +15,2 @@
+<gloss>to be always ready with excuses</gloss>
+<gloss>to contradict everything</gloss>

can be used attributively (?) as
ああ言えばこう言うやつ
so "verb" rather than "exp" seems informative

@@ -12,2 +12,2 @@
-<misc>&id;</misc>
-<gloss>to have a comeback (i.e. a reason, or rationalization) for every remark</gloss>
+<pos>&v5u;</pos>
+<gloss>to have a comeback for every remark</gloss>

@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<misc>&id;</misc>

何と言っても	587565
何といっても	575806
なんといっても	1331786

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

gg5

@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<pos>&adv;</pos>
@@ -16 +17,4 @@
-<gloss>to say the least</gloss>
+<gloss>no matter what people say</gloss>
+<gloss>in the end</gloss>
+<gloss>definitely</gloss>
+<gloss>undeniably</gloss>

Entry created

I believe current policy calls for a hiragana reading here since it's not a loanword.

@@ -12 +12 @@
-<reb>カタカナご</reb>
+<reb>かたかなご</reb>

カタカナ語	109772	98.9%
片仮名語	1212	1.1%
かたかな語	47	0.0%

@@ -8,0 +9 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
@@ -12,5 +12,0 @@
-<re_restr>カタカナ語</re_restr>
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>かたかなご</reb>
-<re_restr>片仮名語</re_restr>
@@ -19,0 +16 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="1511600">カタカナ</xref>

let's make it simple

@@ -20,2 +20 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1511600">カタカナ</xref>
-<gloss>katakana word (e.g. loanword)</gloss>
+<gloss>katakana word</gloss>

@@ -20 +20 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1204260">外来語</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1511600">カタカナ</xref>

@@ -21 +21,2 @@
-<gloss>katakana word (esp. a loanword)</gloss>
+<gloss>katakana word (e.g. loanword)</gloss>
+<gloss>word written in katakana</gloss>

Implied by 周期的 [adj-na] periodic; cyclic​

i think the comp tag is unwarranted

@@ -12,1 +12,0 @@
-<field>&comp;</field>

Entry created

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

Reference needed.

@@ -9,3 +8,0 @@
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>なか</reb>

@@ -8,0 +9,3 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>なか</reb>

Entry created

Our other 〜相 and 〜大臣 entries are glossed as titles.

@@ -12,4 +12,3 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2098850">財務大臣・ざいむだいじん</xref>
-<gloss>treasurer</gloss>
-<gloss>treasury minister</gloss>
-<gloss>finance minister</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="2098850">財務大臣</xref>
+<gloss>Minister of Finance</gloss>
+<gloss>Treasurer</gloss>

GG5

@@ -12,0 +12,1 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2098850">財務大臣・ざいむだいじん</xref>
@@ -14,0 +15,1 @@
+<gloss>finance minister</gloss>

http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=財務相&ref=sa

I don't think it does that well.

does "prolonged use" fit here?

@@ -12 +12 @@
-<gloss>continuous operation</gloss>
+<gloss>continuous operation (of a machine, etc.)</gloss>

ＫＯＤ追加語彙

@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+<gloss>continuous running</gloss>

https://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=連続運転

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/小島嶼開発途上国
https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/gaiko/kankyo/sids/sids.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Island_Developing_States

chujiten: 分刻みで仕事をする　 work according to a schedule calibrated down to the minute

分刻みで is noun usage. I think it's clearer to gloss this as a noun.

@@ -10,0 +11 @@
+<pos>&n;</pos>
@@ -12,2 +13 @@
-<gloss>to the minute</gloss>
-<gloss>counting by the minute</gloss>
+<gloss>counting by the minute (of a schedule, etc.)</gloss>

GG5, etc.
分刻み	56366	  
分刻みの	21801	  
分刻みで	20592

@@ -11 +11,2 @@
-<pos>&n;</pos>
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
+<gloss>to the minute</gloss>

Daijr
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGKKZO67227660R11C20A2EAC000
国会に移動すると党務を分刻みでこなした。

@@ -19 +19 @@
-<gloss>having a short turning radius (e.g. car)</gloss>
+<gloss>to have a short turning radius (e.g. car)</gloss>

gg5 koj daij G-ngrams

GG5, etc.
故意	635608
故意に	271941

Split from 1267140. I'll reindex the sentences.

ＫＯＤ追加語彙

Please include references.

@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+<gloss>country-by-country comparison</gloss>

not in the major refs
https://www.weblio.jp/content/美ボディー
G n-grams:
　美ボディ	13386
　美ボディー	 1329 
www-images

@@ -6,0 +7,3 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>美ボディー</keb>
+</k_ele>
@@ -8,0 +12,5 @@
+<re_restr>美ボディ</re_restr>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>びボディー</reb>
+<re_restr>美ボディー</re_restr>

@@ -12 +12 @@
-<gloss>Komatsu Masao (1942-2020)</gloss>
+<gloss>Komatsu Masao (1942.1.10-2020.12.7)</gloss>

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/小松政夫#その後

@@ -12 +12 @@
-<gloss>Komatsu Masao (1942.1.10-)</gloss>
+<gloss>Komatsu Masao (1942-2020)</gloss>

@@ -12 +12 @@
-<gloss>Lee Teng-hui (former Chinese premier) (1923.1.15-)</gloss>
+<gloss>Lee Teng-hui (former premier of the Republic of China, Taiwan) (1923.1.15-2020.7.30)</gloss>