Adding [sk] as discussed below

@@ -9,0 +10 @@
+<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>

There is a good reason for having a form like サッサと available to text-glossing systems. It is very useful, if not vital, to be able to handle katakana forms a bit separately. I'm comfortable with サッサと ending up as a search-only/hidden form, because glossing software can still use it, but it's important that it be available.

Yes, esp. when it comes to hiragana vs katakana I think "90k in the ngrams" by itself is a meaningless statistic. Jisho, yomichan, wwwjdic can all find this entry fine without "サッサと" being explicitly included.

I don't think it matters so much when it's simply hiragana vs. katakana. Most clients handle the conversion themselves.
I have no objection to keeping it for now but I agree with Marcus that it should be a hidden form. アリガトウ gets a massive 230475 n-grams but we (rightly) don't include it as a reading.
Once hidden forms are implemented, I see no reason not to use percentage-based thresholds (allowing for exceptions here and there).

Not the bird.

@@ -10 +10 @@
-<gloss>crane</gloss>
+<gloss>crane (machine)</gloss>

gg5, daijr

@@ -14 +14 @@
-<gloss>prime time (in television)</gloss>
+<gloss>prime time (on television or radio)</gloss>

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_time

@@ -14 +14,2 @@
-<gloss>prime-time television</gloss>
+<gloss>prime time (in television)</gloss>
+<gloss>peak time</gloss>

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

@@ -7,0 +7,3 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>ゴールデン・タイム</reb>

not vs in mk daijr gg5
no -する examples
(an をする example in gg5)

@@ -11 +10,0 @@
-<pos>&vs;</pos>

新和英大辞典

@@ -12,1 +12,1 @@
-<gloss>strike</gloss>
+<gloss>strike (i.e. industrial action)</gloss>

daijs, meikyo

Added sense.

@@ -26,0 +27,2 @@
+<pos>&vs;</pos>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
@@ -28 +30,8 @@
-<gloss>ball hit through net (in tennis)</gloss>
+<gloss>leaving a passing ball for a teammate (in soccer)</gloss>
+<gloss>letting the ball go past</gloss>
+<gloss>dummy</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<field>&sports;</field>
+<gloss>ball going through the net and landing in the opponent's half (in tennis)</gloss>

let's make it vi then as 通過

@@ -20,0 +21 @@
+<pos>&vi;</pos>

Not sure it can be. Best dropped.

@@ -21 +20,0 @@
-<pos>&vt;</pos>

I don't think adj-f is needed.

@@ -12,2 +12,2 @@
-<pos>&adj-f;</pos>
-<gloss>drive-through (shop, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>drive-through</gloss>
+<gloss>drive-thru</gloss>

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

@@ -6,0 +6,3 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>ドライブ・スルー</reb>

baguette 554596
baguet 6024

I forget where I saw "baguet", I agree it can go.

I don't think we need "baguet". I've never seen that spelling. Most English dictionaries only have "baguette".

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

バケット gets more hits than バゲット, and according to the images as more often a baguette than a bucket, which is the common dictionary meaning.
I wondered about a merge, but I think it better to keep them apart, as バケツ/バケット should be merged.

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

http://www.google.com/images?q="バケット"&ie=sjis

@@ -6,0 +6,3 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>バケット</reb>

gg5, daij

@@ -8,0 +9 @@
+<field>&sports;</field>

I think マザーコンプレックス most commonly refers to "the complex" rather than the person with the complex. And the opposite for マザコン

@@ -13,2 +13,2 @@
-<gloss>(being a) mama's boy</gloss>
-<gloss>man who has a strong attachment to his mother</gloss>
+<gloss>being a mama's boy</gloss>
+<gloss>having an (overly) strong attachment to one's mother</gloss>

ルミナス has Oedipus complex for it.

Best as a second sense.

I'm not really seeing our original "Oedpius complex" in most of the kokugo definitions, actually. (nikk being the exception)

@@ -12 +11,0 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1029250">エディプスコンプレックス</xref>
@@ -14,2 +13,2 @@
-<gloss>Oedipus complex</gloss>
-<gloss>sexual attraction to one's mother</gloss>
+<gloss>(being a) mama's boy</gloss>
+<gloss>man who has a strong attachment to his mother</gloss>
@@ -19,3 +18,3 @@
-<lsource ls_wasei="y">mother complex</lsource>
-<gloss>(being a) mama's boy</gloss>
-<gloss>a young man having strong attachment to his mother</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="1029250">エディプスコンプレックス</xref>
+<gloss>Oedipus complex</gloss>
+<gloss>sexual attraction to one's mother</gloss>

daijs
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/マザーコンプレックス

@@ -16,0 +17,6 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<lsource ls_wasei="y">mother complex</lsource>
+<gloss>(being a) mama's boy</gloss>
+<gloss>a young man having strong attachment to his mother</gloss>
+</sense>

@@ -9,0 +10 @@
+<field>&fish;</field>

Add POS to proverbs
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-

@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<pos>&v5r;</pos>

@@ -15,0 +16 @@
+<gloss g_type="lit">the ground hardens after it rains</gloss>

Our unwritten policy is to not include the verb class tag on proverbs. I've raised a topic on Github.

@@ -12 +11,0 @@
-<pos>&v5r;</pos>

Add POS to proverbs
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-

@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<pos>&v1;</pos>

Hmmm. I guess so.

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーーー─┬───────┬───────╮
│ 猿も木から落ちる　 │ 7,332 │ 97.7% │
│ 猿も木から落ちます │    27 │  0.4% │
│ 猿も木から落ちた　 │   112 │  1.5% │
│ 猿も木から落ちて　 │    33 │  0.4% │
╰─ーーーーーーーーー─┴───────┴───────╯

I think we should keep the [v1] tag since programs use this grammar information to de-inflect expressions.

I don't think verb category tags apply to proverbs.

@@ -12 +12 @@
-<pos>&v1;</pos>
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>

gg5, wisdom, luminous, daij

@@ -18 +17,0 @@
-<gloss>deserted village</gloss>
@@ -19,0 +19,3 @@
+<gloss>desolate village</gloss>
+<gloss>lonely village</gloss>
+<gloss>remote village</gloss>

活躍に期待し	57149	24.5%
活躍を期待し	176309	75.5%

mk

(I'm not really sure it actually is vi also as mk suggests)

@@ -18,0 +19,2 @@
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>

"(having) high expectations" seems like it could be misparsed to me,  it's "(something for which you have) high expectations", not 
"having high expectations"

@@ -24,0 +25 @@
+<gloss>promising</gloss>
@@ -27,2 +27,0 @@
-<gloss>promising</gloss>
-<gloss>(having) high expectations</gloss>

GG6: 期待の星 a rising star (of hope)  期待の新人 a promising newcomer.

I'm proposing yhis as a separate sense as I can't easily see the usual noun glosses in sense 1 work in an adjectival way. Feel free to edit. If the adj-no goes in, please reject the 期待の星 proposal.

@@ -22,0 +23,7 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
+<gloss>rising</gloss>
+<gloss>up-and-coming</gloss>
+<gloss>promising</gloss>
+<gloss>(having) high expectations</gloss>
+</sense>

Yes, that's useful. The ルミナス entry has sketches of them both.

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

"derrick" does help clarifying this is not the bird.

中辞典, ルミナス (both have derrick in the glosses)

gg5, daij
起重機	8992
クレーン	705725

I don't think "derrick" is needed. We have デリック.

@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="1045280">クレーン</xref>
@@ -13 +13,0 @@
-<gloss>derrick</gloss>

ルミナス: reverse [inverse] operation

I've never heard it referred to as a "reverse operation".

@@ -22,0 +23 @@
+<field>&math;</field>
@@ -24 +24,0 @@
-<gloss>reverse operation</gloss>

mk

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

daijr, daijs, ALC, Luminous

@@ -17,2 +17,7 @@
-<gloss>count</gloss>
-<gloss>calculate back</gloss>
+<gloss>counting backwards</gloss>
+<gloss>calculating backwards</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<gloss>inverse operation</gloss>
+<gloss>reverse operation</gloss>

I think that's just because it has to be in the gerund here because of our style. "[a fear XXX] would go communist ..." doesn't strike me as terribly informal.

"going communist" sounds quite informal.

@@ -16 +15,0 @@
-<gloss>going communist</gloss>

eij 
共産化する
go communist

https://context.reverso.net/translation/japanese-english/共産化

I don' think "communize" is really used with the meaning of "to become communist" in English

@@ -13,2 +13,5 @@
-<gloss>communization</gloss>
-<gloss>communisation</gloss>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
+<gloss>becoming communist</gloss>
+<gloss>going communist</gloss>
+<gloss>turning communist</gloss>

chujiten

@@ -22 +22 @@
-<gloss>making up</gloss>
+<gloss>making (up)</gloss>
@@ -28 +28,2 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2583910">形成手術・けいせいしゅじゅつ</xref>
+<pos>&vs;</pos>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
@@ -30 +31 @@
-<gloss>repair (e.g. plastic surgery)</gloss>
+<gloss>repair (e.g. with plastic surgery)</gloss>

mk

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

gg5, prog

No [adj-no] examples.

@@ -19 +18,0 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -21,0 +21 @@
+<gloss>making up</gloss>
@@ -22,0 +23 @@
+<gloss>giving form to</gloss>

gg5, daij

I don't think this is two senses.

@@ -18,7 +18,2 @@
-<gloss>including a sum of money in one's calculations</gloss>
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<pos>&vs;</pos>
-<pos>&vt;</pos>
-<gloss>appropriation (a sum of money)</gloss>
+<gloss>including (a cost) in a total calculation</gloss>
+<gloss>appropriating (a sum of money)</gloss>

mk (single sense)

@@ -16,0 +17 @@
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
@@ -21,0 +23 @@
+<pos>&vt;</pos>

@@ -5,0 +6,4 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>股間節</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>

股関節	516233	99.3%
股間節	3567	0.7% hiddenForm

@@ -6,4 +5,0 @@
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
-<keb>股間節</keb>
-<ke_inf>&iK;</ke_inf>
@@ -15,0 +12 @@
+<field>&anat;</field>

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーー─┬───────────┬───────╮
│ 国境　　 │ 1,768,209 │ 99.8% │
│ 国界　　 │     2,850 │  0.2% │
│ 国ざかい │       123 │  0.0% │ add, sK (found in daijr defs)
╰─ーーーー─┴───────────┴───────╯

@@ -12,0 +13,4 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>国ざかい</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>

I think this can close.

I propose to drop こくきょう altogether - it's an outlier reading, and just split off こっかい. 
I think くにざかい can stay here - all the refs say it's a reading of 国境 with the same meaning as こっきょう. Some refs also have 国界 for it.
I'll approve and reopen.

@@ -14,4 +13,0 @@
-<k_ele>
-<keb>国堺</keb>
-<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
-</k_ele>
@@ -26,5 +21,0 @@
-<reb>こくきょう</reb>
-<re_restr>国境</re_restr>
-<re_inf>&ik;</re_inf>
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
@@ -32,6 +22,0 @@
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>こっかい</reb>
-<re_restr>国界</re_restr>
-<re_restr>国堺</re_restr>
-<re_inf>&ok;</re_inf>

mk 国民でありながら国家に害を与える者。

@@ -12 +12 @@
-<gloss>traitor (to the country)</gloss>
+<gloss>traitor (to one's country)</gloss>

The other JEs don't have it.

kokugos

I don't think "rebel" is a great match (though it's in gg5)

@@ -12,2 +12 @@
-<gloss>traitor</gloss>
-<gloss>rebel</gloss>
+<gloss>traitor (to the country)</gloss>

I've reindexed the sentences.

gg5, prog, chujiten

I think we should also have the literal meaning.

@@ -12,0 +13,5 @@
+<gloss>to cut one's hand</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
+<pos>&v5r;</pos>
@@ -14 +19,6 @@
-<gloss>to cut off (a relationship)</gloss>
+<gloss>to cut one's connections (with)</gloss>
+<gloss>to break off relations (with)</gloss>
+<gloss>to cut ties (with)</gloss>
+<gloss>to break away (from)</gloss>
+<gloss>to part ways (with)</gloss>
+<gloss>to cease to deal with</gloss>

@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+<misc>&id;</misc>

Added additional PoS via batch update.Added additional PoS via batch update.
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-

@@ -12,0 +12,1 @@
+<pos>&v5r;</pos>

gg5, prog, luminous

@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -12,0 +14,2 @@
+<gloss>just behind</gloss>
+<gloss>directly behind</gloss>

OK

I feel like the 四大奇書 at the very least should probably be entries in jmdict?

@@ -15 +15 @@
-<pos>&n-pr;</pos>
+<pos>&n;</pos>

I have moved this to enamdict.

GG5
en:WP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Margin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Margin#Translations

* [n-pr] (title)
* more translations of title (I’m most familiar with “Outlaws 
of the Marsh”)

@@ -15,1 +15,1 @@
-<pos>&n;</pos>
+<pos>&n-pr;</pos>
@@ -17,0 +17,2 @@
+<gloss>Outlaws of the Marsh</gloss>
+<gloss>All Men are Brothers</gloss>

gg5, daij

I think it's helpful to include examples.

@@ -14 +13,0 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1415980">濁点</xref>
@@ -16 +15,3 @@
-<gloss>voiced consonant in Japanese</gloss>
+<s_inf>e.g. が, ざ, だ, ば</s_inf>
+<gloss>syllable with a voiced consonant (in Japanese)</gloss>
+<gloss>voiced sound</gloss>

@@ -12,2 +12,2 @@
-<xref type="ant" seq="1750640">清音</xref>
-<xref type="ant" seq="1750640">清音</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1750640">清音</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1750640">清音</xref>

tidying up

@@ -13,0 +14,2 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="1479630">半濁音</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1479630">半濁音</xref>
@@ -15 +16,0 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1541450">有声音</xref>

No, as を here doesn't mark a direct object but rather a space through which someone or something moves. Compare with 公園を歩く, 空を飛ぶ, 京都を流れる川, etc.

mk says vi but has を example 「一次審査を─する」
gg5 has several を examples as well, including 上野を通過する
doesn't this mean it's vt?

gg5: 予選を通過する　qualify 《for the semifinal round》
prog: 彼は100メートル競走の第２次予選を通過した  He got through the second heat in the 100-meter dash.

I think this covers it.

@@ -18,0 +19 @@
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
@@ -25,0 +27 @@
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
@@ -31,0 +34 @@
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
@@ -33,0 +37,2 @@
+<gloss>getting through (a preliminary round)</gloss>
+<gloss>qualification</gloss>

I think it's sense 3. The gloss may need a tweak.

地区大会をトップで通過する doesn't really fit any sense here

OK. Splitting.

@@ -10,3 +9,0 @@
-<k_ele>
-<keb>田鶴</keb>
-</k_ele>
@@ -15 +11,0 @@
-<re_restr>鶴</re_restr>
@@ -19,3 +14,0 @@
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>たず</reb>

たず is tagged as〔雅〕in meikyo. I suggest splitting it out into a seperate "poet" entry.

GG5: 伝説の legendary; traditional; fabulous
	・伝説の美女[勇者] a legendary 「beauty [hero]

We wouldn't normally put the ~の in a separate sense.

@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -18,0 +20 @@
+<gloss>folklore</gloss>
@@ -20,5 +21,0 @@
-<gloss>folklore</gloss>
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
-<gloss>legendary</gloss>

Eijiro has "traditional" but I think this is flat-out wrong

@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<gloss>legend</gloss>
@@ -19 +19,0 @@
-<gloss>legend</gloss>
@@ -21,0 +22,4 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
+<gloss>legendary</gloss>
+</sense>

@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="1356150">常用漢字</xref>

Aligned format of tōyō- and jōyō kanji entries for better readability.

@@ -14 +14 @@
-<gloss g_type="expl">list of 1,850 kanji approved for general use in 1946 (superseded by the jōyō kanji in 1981)</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">list of 1,850 kanji approved for general use in 1946, superseded by the jōyō kanji in 1981</gloss>

Certainly the script reformers who (briefly) held sway in Japan in the late 1940s intended that the 1,850 kanji should be eventually reduced, and this was probably behind their use of 当用 with its "necessary for the current time" nuance. In fact, that meaning of the term never took hold and by the 1950s it was being described as "general use", etc. (e.g. Sakade, 1959) I don't think it's appropriate, over half a century later, to try and retrofit historical and political perspectives into a simple dictionary gloss.
The history of script reform in Japan is an interesting one. For people following this thread I recommend:
Christopher Seeley: A History of Writing in Japan  (2000)
Nanette Gottlieb: Kanji Politics (1995)
Jim Unger: Literacy and Script Reform in Occupation Japan (1996)

Ibid., 68.

Re: Chinese characters for interim use

Please reconsider whether the "usual description" is actually faithful to the historical intention of the term.

"Under the Allied Occupation, measures were introduced to limit to 1850 the number of Sino-Japanese characters (kanji) to be used in official documents and newspapers and to be taught in the nine years of compulsory education. These were called Tōyō kanji (Characters for Interim Use); the inference behind the term being that this was to be a first step towards further reduction in the number of kanji and possibly the eventual adoption of a phonetic script for Japanese. 20 

Footnote 20: Seeley translates the term as 'characters for current use', but endorses the interpretation given here (2000: 158)."

Better phrasing?

@@ -28 +28 @@
-<s_inf>suffix attached to the names of some businesses, stores, etc.</s_inf>
+<s_inf>suffix used in company names, store names, etc.</s_inf>

Better?

@@ -28 +28,2 @@
-<gloss>suffix attached to the names of some businesses, stores, etc.</gloss>
+<s_inf>suffix attached to the names of some businesses, stores, etc.</s_inf>
+<gloss>company</gloss>
@@ -35 +36,2 @@
-<gloss>(arch) front room</gloss>
+<misc>&arch;</misc>
+<gloss>front room</gloss>

GG5, etc.

@@ -28 +28 @@
-<gloss>suffix attached to the name of some shops like bookstores, bakeries, etc.</gloss>
+<gloss>suffix attached to the names of some businesses, stores, etc.</gloss>

daij, koj
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/分極

@@ -14 +14,3 @@
-<gloss>polarization</gloss>
+<field>&physics;</field>
+<field>&chem;</field>
+<gloss>(electric) polarization</gloss>
@@ -15,0 +18,10 @@
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<pos>&vs;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="2855572">磁気分極</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1316960">磁化</xref>
+<field>&physics;</field>
+<gloss>(magnetic) polarization</gloss>
+<gloss>magnetization</gloss>

GG5 tags it "【電】".

The kokugos I looked at don't mention light or radio waves.

@@ -14 +14 @@
-<gloss>polarization (light, radio waves)</gloss>
+<gloss>polarization</gloss>

mk

@@ -11,0 +12,2 @@
+<pos>&vs;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>

gg5

@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<field>&physics;</field>
@@ -14 +15 @@
-<gloss>polarization</gloss>
+<gloss>polarization (of light)</gloss>

I don't think we should abbreviate "dialectal".

@@ -25 +25 @@
-<s_inf>ぼんず is dial.</s_inf>
+<s_inf>ぼんず is dialectal</s_inf>

I think there's a million false hits for ボンズ, don't think we need to include it. I think it's OK to assume it applies to all these senses

@@ -23,4 +22,0 @@
-<r_ele>
-<reb>ボンズ</reb>
-<re_nokanji/>
-</r_ele>
@@ -29 +25 @@
-<s_inf>ぼんず/ボンズ is dial.</s_inf>
+<s_inf>ぼんず is dial.</s_inf>

ボンズ	143390
ぼんず	19445
坊主	1525709
房主	3720
ぼうず	231429

Like this? Does ぼんず/ボンズ apply to all senses? If not they perhaps should be split out.

@@ -19,0 +20,7 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>ぼんず</reb>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>ボンズ</reb>
+<re_nokanji/>
+</r_ele>
@@ -21,0 +29 @@
+<s_inf>ぼんず/ボンズ is dial.</s_inf>

sense 1, 3, 5:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ボンズ
sense 5:
https://twitter.com/kanayukawa/status/15945061626

sense 1, 1970 movie: たぬき坊主 たぬきぼんず
(spelled out on poster as well)
https://www.shochiku.co.jp/cinema/database/03857/

apparently this can be read ぼんず also in some dialects, should it be added here or be a separate entry?
(my preference would be to add it here and have a (sense-wide) note on ぼんず being dialectal)

@@ -41,2 +41,3 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1002530">お凸・おでこ・3</xref>
-<gloss>not catching anything (in fishing)</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="1002530">おでこ・3</xref>
+<field>&fish;</field>
+<gloss>not catching anything</gloss>

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makuuchi
gg5, prog

@@ -18 +18,2 @@
-<gloss>highest-ranking division</gloss>
+<gloss>makuuchi</gloss>
+<gloss>top division (of professional sumo)</gloss>

@@ -18,1 +18,1 @@
-<gloss>highest-ranking sumo division</gloss>
+<gloss>highest-ranking division</gloss>

@@ -18,0 +18,1 @@
+<field>&sumo;</field>

@@ -16,2 +16,2 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1670710">幕の内・1</xref>
-<xref type="see" seq="1670710">幕の内・1</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1670710">幕の内・2</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1670710">幕の内・2</xref>

gg5, luminous

@@ -19,0 +20,2 @@
+<gloss>critique</gloss>
+<gloss>review</gloss>

mk

another 1→1 miss by the converter

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

GG5 include "a master-hand".

The kokugos certainly are more emphatic than the JEs on this.

@@ -16 +16 @@
-<gloss>skilled</gloss>
+<gloss>highly skilled</gloss>
@@ -18 +18 @@
-<gloss>capable</gloss>
+<gloss>very capable</gloss>
@@ -24 +24,2 @@
-<gloss>able person</gloss>
+<gloss>particularly able person</gloss>
+<gloss>master-hand</gloss>

maybe my english is poor, but skilled, capable etc all mean "on par with [no worse than] the others" to me
but 腕前がすぐれていること (kokugo phrasing) means "standing above the rest"
eijiro has "ace" and "crack team" which seem a bit closer?

GG5

@@ -16 +16,2 @@
-<gloss>able</gloss>
+<gloss>skilled</gloss>
+<gloss>skillful</gloss>
@@ -18,0 +20 @@
+<gloss>able</gloss>

Daijisen, Eijirou

I think this is much stronger than "able"

Hiding だ捕 as suggested by Marcus

@@ -8 +8,2 @@
-<keb>だ捕</keb>
+<keb>拏捕</keb>
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
@@ -11,2 +12,2 @@
-<keb>拏捕</keb>
-<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
+<keb>だ捕</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>

I agree with Marcus.

@@ -21 +21 @@
-<gloss>capture</gloss>
+<gloss>capture (esp. of a foreign vessel)</gloss>
@@ -23,8 +22,0 @@
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<pos>&vs;</pos>
-<pos>&vt;</pos>
-<field>&law;</field>
-<gloss>military capture of a foreign vessel</gloss>
-<gloss>making a prize of</gloss>

prog

@@ -27,0 +28 @@
+<gloss>answering in person</gloss>

meikyo, etc.

Sense split. meikyo and chuujiten only have 「ちょくとう」, so moving it first.

@@ -8 +8 @@
-<reb>じきとう</reb>
+<reb>ちょくとう</reb>
@@ -11 +11 @@
-<reb>ちょくとう</reb>
+<reb>じきとう</reb>
@@ -18,0 +19,7 @@
+<gloss>immediate reply</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<pos>&vs;</pos>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
@@ -19,0 +27 @@
+<gloss>personal response</gloss>

mk

@@ -15,0 +16,2 @@
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
@@ -17 +19 @@
-<gloss>direct personal answer</gloss>
+<gloss>direct answer</gloss>

@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<gloss>cut into large pieces</gloss>

大切り	4411	2.4%
大喜利	181196	97.1%
オオギリ	916	0.5%

大切り	4411	  
大切りの	725	  
大切りキャベツ	720	  
大切りに	391	  
大切りで	256	  
大切りにし	239	  
大切りキャベツに	181	  
大切りカット	169	  
大切り野菜	159	  
大切りキャベツと	148	  
大切りキャベツに豚肉	147

I think 大喜利 should be split out because it's by far the most common way of writing out sense 2 (I've never actually seen it as 大切り)

@@ -6,3 +5,0 @@
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
-<keb>大喜利</keb>
@@ -18,2 +15 @@
-<stagk>大切り</stagk>
-<stagk>大切</stagk>
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -21,7 +17 @@
-<gloss>large cut (e.g. of meat)</gloss>
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<gloss>last piece of the day's programme</gloss>
-<gloss>last act of a play</gloss>
-<gloss>comic dialogue as the last item in vaudeville, music hall, etc.</gloss>
+<gloss>largely cut (e.g. of cabbage)</gloss>

and it's not necessarily "comic".  see my comment above, gg5, etc.

@@ -25,0 +25,2 @@
+<gloss>last piece of the day's programme</gloss>
+<gloss>last act of a play</gloss>

https://www.royalihc.com/dredging/dredging-vessels

@@ -12 +12,2 @@
-<gloss>dredger</gloss>
+<gloss>dredger (boat)</gloss>
+<gloss>dredging vessel</gloss>

gg5, prog

@@ -11,0 +12,2 @@
+<gloss>dredging machine</gloss>
+<gloss>dredge</gloss>

gg5
蒙古ひだ	4135	43.9%
蒙古襞	1240	13.2%
蒙古ヒダ	4042	42.9%

@@ -3,0 +4,6 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>蒙古ひだ</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>蒙古ヒダ</keb>
+</k_ele>
@@ -11,0 +18,3 @@
+<field>&anat;</field>
+<gloss>epicanthal fold</gloss>
+<gloss>epicanthic fold</gloss>

毛鉤	69311	55.6%
毛針	17918	14.4%
毛鈎	2109	1.7%
毛ばり	20554	16.5%
毛バリ	14801	11.9%

@@ -10,0 +11,6 @@
+<keb>毛ばり</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>毛バリ</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
@@ -11,0 +18 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_fly

"lure" is too broad.

@@ -19,3 +19,3 @@
-<gloss>(fishing) fly</gloss>
-<gloss>lure</gloss>
-<gloss>artificial fly</gloss>
+<field>&fish;</field>
+<gloss>(artificial) fly</gloss>
+<gloss>fly lure</gloss>

@@ -18,2 +18 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1111050">フライ・3</xref>
-<xref type="see" seq="1111050">フライ・3</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2843891">フライ・2</xref>

Daijs, jitsuyou, and meikyo have this as 「とうをえる」. I think we can drop 「とうをうる」 (especially since うる is not [v1])

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーー─┬───────╮
│ 当を得る　　　 │   880 │
│ 当を得ない　　 │ 3,431 │
│ 当を得ぬ　　　 │    22 │
│ 当を得ず　　　 │    73 │
│ 当を得ません　 │    82 │
│ 当を得た　　　 │ 6,640 │
│ 当を得なかった │   152 │
│ 当を得て　　　 │ 7,526 │
│ 当を得ないで　 │    24 │
│ 当を得れば　　 │    26 │
│ 当を得なければ │    24 │
╰─ーーーーーーー─┴───────╯

Curious self-approved anonymous edit

@@ -8,3 +7,0 @@
-<reb>とうをうる</reb>
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
@@ -14,0 +12 @@
+<pos>&v1;</pos>

@@ -10,0 +10,3 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>とうをえる</reb>
+</r_ele>

〈出／で〉る〈杭／くい／クイ〉は〈打／う〉たれる

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 出る杭は打たれる　 │ 24,938 │ 89.1% │
│ 出るくいは打たれる │  1,687 │  6.0% │ - sK
│ 出る杭はうたれる　 │    612 │  2.2% │ - add, sK
│ 出るクイは打たれる │    417 │  1.5% │ - add, sK
│ でる杭は打たれる　 │    162 │  0.6% │ - add, sK
│ 出るくいはうたれる │     44 │  0.2% │
│ でるくいはうたれる │    121 │  0.4% │
╰─ーーーーーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯

@@ -8,0 +9,13 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>出る杭はうたれる</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>出るクイは打たれる</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>でる杭は打たれる</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>

G n-grams

出る杭は打たれる　 24,938 93.7%
出るくいは打たれる  1,687  6.3% <- prog (under 「杭」 entry)

@@ -5,0 +6,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>出るくいは打たれる</keb>

https://github.com/JMdictProject/JMdictIssues/issues/69

Firther to the issue discussion, I'll add the [v1] back.

@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<pos>&v1;</pos>
@@ -19,0 +21 @@
+<pos>&v1;</pos>

Fixing cross reference

@@ -20,2 +20,2 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1338260">出る釘は打たれる</xref>
-<xref type="see" seq="1338260">出る釘は打たれる</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1338260">出る釘は打たれる・2</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1338260">出る釘は打たれる・2</xref>

We've had this discussion before, probably like here in one or across several entries rather than on the mailing list (i.e. in the pre-Github days), unfortunately, making it hard to find. It's a policy question so I think this discussion belongs on Github.

@@ -16 +16 @@
-<gloss>to lure (somone) toward one</gloss>
+<gloss>to lure (someone) toward one</gloss>

gg5, prog, daij

@@ -16,2 +16,3 @@
-<gloss>to lure someone</gloss>
-<gloss>to entice someone</gloss>
+<gloss>to lure (somone) toward one</gloss>
+<gloss>to lure (into)</gloss>
+<gloss>to entice</gloss>

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
金食い虫	21360	89.4%
金喰い虫	2528	10.6%

@@ -5,0 +6,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>金喰い虫</keb>

Entry created

daijr/s

I don't think it would be considered geology terminology.
Added sense.

@@ -11 +11 @@
-<pos>&n-suf;</pos>
+<pos>&suf;</pos>
@@ -17 +17,7 @@
-<pos>&n-suf;</pos>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<xref type="ant" seq="1324510">弱・2</xref>
+<gloss>strength</gloss>
+<gloss>the strong</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&suf;</pos>
@@ -23,3 +29,4 @@
-<pos>&n-suf;</pos>
-<field>&geol;</field>
-<gloss>upper (seismic intensity)</gloss>
+<pos>&suf;</pos>
+<xref type="ant" seq="1324510">弱・3</xref>
+<s_inf>after a number on the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale; e.g. 5強</s_inf>
+<gloss>-upper (seismic intensity)</gloss>

@@ -23,0 +24 @@
+<field>&geol;</field>

I don't think it's a counter.

ctr, maybe? it only follows numbers...
otoh the value is in "Shindo"

Reindexed the sentences.

@@ -30 +30 @@
-<s_inf>at sentence end; usu. ったら</s_inf>
+<s_inf>at sentence end</s_inf>
@@ -47 +47 @@
-<s_inf>at sentence end; indicates frustration, impatience, etc.; usu. ったら</s_inf>
+<s_inf>indicates frustration, impatience, etc.; usu. ったら</s_inf>

gg5, prog, wisdom, daij, meikyo

I felt this entry needed some work. Added a couple of senses and expanded the existing ones.

@@ -15,2 +15 @@
-<s_inf>indicates supposition</s_inf>
-<gloss>if ... then</gloss>
+<gloss>if</gloss>
@@ -22,2 +21,5 @@
-<s_inf>usu. ったら</s_inf>
-<gloss>(typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation</gloss>
+<misc>&col;</misc>
+<s_inf>indicates light scorn, annoyance, surprise, etc. about a topic</s_inf>
+<gloss>when it comes to ...</gloss>
+<gloss>as for ...</gloss>
+<gloss>that ...</gloss>
@@ -27 +29,20 @@
-<gloss>why don't you?</gloss>
+<misc>&col;</misc>
+<s_inf>at sentence end; usu. ったら</s_inf>
+<gloss>why don't you ...</gloss>
+<gloss>why not ...</gloss>
+<gloss>how about ...</gloss>
+<gloss>what about ...</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&prt;</pos>
+<misc>&col;</misc>
+<s_inf>at sentence end; adds emphasis; usu. ったら</s_inf>
+<gloss>I tell you!</gloss>
+<gloss>I said ...</gloss>
+<gloss>I really mean ...</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&prt;</pos>
+<misc>&col;</misc>
+<s_inf>at sentence end; indicates frustration, impatience, etc.; usu. ったら</s_inf>
+<gloss>vocative particle</gloss>

I don't think we normally split non-gairaigo Japanese words based on etymology (correct me if I'm wrong).

https://kotobank.jp/word/ったら-571733

Sense 2 and 3 are abbr of と言ったら. Split?

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーー─┬───────┬───────╮
│ 臍を噛む　 │ 1,994 │ 48.5% │
│ ほぞを噛む │   723 │ 17.6% │
│ 臍を噬む　 │    36 │  0.9% │ 🡠 adding (daijr/s, meikyo)
│ ほぞをかむ │ 1,361 │ 33.1% │
╰─ーーーーー─┴───────┴───────╯

@@ -8,0 +9,4 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>臍を噬む</keb>
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>

daijs

@@ -15,0 +16 @@
+<misc>&id;</misc>
@@ -17,0 +19 @@
+<gloss g_type="lit">to bite one's navel</gloss>

Added additional PoS via batch update.Added additional PoS via batch update.
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-

@@ -15,0 +15,1 @@
+<pos>&v5m;</pos>

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

お詫びし	        405887
お詫びをし	21397

I'd consider this vs.

@@ -18 +18 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1562670">詫び・わび</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="1562670">詫び</xref>

お詫び	2393092
お詫びする	28996
お詫びして	74183
お詫びします	290063

Reasonably high counts. We probably need a threshold. お詫びします is something of a stock phrase.

not vs in kokugos

gg5

I don't think the x-refs are needed.

@@ -13 +12,0 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2238930">手の早い・1</xref>
@@ -15 +14 @@
-<gloss>to be a quick worker</gloss>
+<gloss>being a fast worker</gloss>
@@ -20 +18,0 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2238930">手の早い・2</xref>
@@ -22 +20 @@
-<gloss>to be fast in forming relationships with women</gloss>
+<gloss>fast in forming relationships with women</gloss>
@@ -27 +24,0 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2238930">手の早い・3</xref>
@@ -29 +26,2 @@
-<gloss>to be quick to resort to violence</gloss>
+<gloss>quick to resort to violence</gloss>
+<gloss>quick to turn violent</gloss>

Fixing cross references

@@ -13 +13 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2238930">手の早い</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2238930">手の早い・1</xref>
@@ -19,0 +20 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2238930">手の早い・2</xref>
@@ -25,0 +27 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2238930">手の早い・3</xref>

@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
@@ -17,0 +19 @@
+<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
@@ -22,0 +25 @@
+<pos>&adj-i;</pos>

@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+<misc>&id;</misc>
@@ -16,0 +18 @@
+<misc>&id;</misc>
@@ -20,0 +23 @@
+<misc>&id;</misc>

Entry created

OK

@@ -12 +12 @@
-<pos>&adj-f;</pos>
+<pos>&v1;</pos>

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーーーー─┬───────╮
│ 目の玉が飛び出る　　 │ 2,957 │
│ 目の玉が飛び出ます　 │    57 │
│ 目の玉が飛び出た　　 │    64 │
│ 目の玉が飛び出ました │    81 │
│ 目の玉が飛び出て　　 │   137 │
╰─ーーーーーーーーーー─┴───────╯

I think the v1 tag should stay. Programs use these grammar rules to de-inflect expressions.

I think so.

@@ -13 +12,0 @@
-<pos>&v1;</pos>

ok?

@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<pos>&adj-f;</pos>

Added additional PoS via batch update.Added additional PoS via batch update.
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-

@@ -12,0 +12,1 @@
+<pos>&v1;</pos>

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 心ここにあらず　　 │ 27,261 │ 89.3% │
│ 心ここに在らず　　 │  2,304 │  7.5% │
│ 心ここに有らず　　 │    453 │  1.5% │ 🡠 adding (daijs, jitsuyou)
│ 心焉に在らず　　　 │     21 │  0.1% │
│ 心焉に有らず　　　 │      0 │  0.0% │ 🡠 not adding
│ こころここにあらず │    503 │  1.6% │
╰─ーーーーーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯

@@ -8,0 +9,4 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>心ここに有らず</keb>
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 心ここにあらず　　 │ 27,261 │ 90.6% │
│ 心ここに在らず　　 │  2,304 │  7.7% │ 🡠 adding (daijr, meikyo)
│ 心焉に在らず　　　 │     21 │  0.1% │ 🡠 rK (koj)
│ こころここにあらず │    503 │  1.7% │
╰─ーーーーーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯

@@ -7,0 +8,3 @@
+<keb>心ここに在らず</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
@@ -8,0 +12 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>

Entry created

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーーー─┬───────╮
│ 腕に覚えがある　　 │ 2,926 │
│ 腕に覚えがあります │    79 │
│ 腕に覚えがあった　 │   117 │
│ 腕に覚えがあって　 │   250 │
│ 腕に覚えがあれば　 │   237 │
╰─ーーーーーーーーー─┴───────╯

@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<pos>&v5r-i;</pos>

Entry created

@@ -15 +15 @@
-<gloss>fast working</gloss>
+<gloss>fast (worker)</gloss>
@@ -29,0 +30 @@
+<gloss>quick to turn violent</gloss>

Adding [exp] tags and fixing cross references

@@ -10,0 +11 @@
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
@@ -12,3 +13,3 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2089780">手が早い</xref>
-<xref type="see" seq="2089780">手が早い</xref>
-<xref type="see" seq="2089780">手が早い</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2089780">手が早い・1</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2089780">手が早い・1</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2089780">手が早い・1</xref>
@@ -18,0 +20 @@
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
@@ -19,0 +22,3 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2089780">手が早い・2</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2089780">手が早い・2</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2089780">手が早い・2</xref>
@@ -23,0 +29 @@
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
@@ -24,0 +31,3 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2089780">手が早い・3</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2089780">手が早い・3</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2089780">手が早い・3</xref>

@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+<misc>&id;</misc>
@@ -16,0 +18 @@
+<misc>&id;</misc>
@@ -20,0 +23 @@
+<misc>&id;</misc>

Entry created

for the record, shinmeikai and oukoku both agree that this is [vt] and [vi]

our usual style

@@ -9,0 +10 @@
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
@@ -11 +11,0 @@
-<pos>&vt;</pos>

がスローダウンする	743
がスローダウンした	648
がスローダウンして	1178
をスローダウンする	256
をスローダウンして	412

I'd say so.

@@ -9,0 +10 @@
+<pos>&vi;</pos>

daijr「改革のテンポを―する」
also vi?

@@ -9 +9,2 @@
-<field>&comp;</field>
+<pos>&vs;</pos>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>

@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<pos>&vz;</pos>

@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>Haste makes waste</gloss>
+<gloss>haste makes waste</gloss>

@@ -12 +12 @@
-<misc>&id;</misc>
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>

Entry created

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
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│ 子の年を数える │ 1,023 │
│ 子の年を数えて │   237 │
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@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<pos>&v1;</pos>

the english seems a little too light-hearted in comparison to the japanese

@@ -12,2 +12,3 @@
-<misc>&id;</misc>
-<gloss>It is no use crying over spilt milk</gloss>
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>
+<gloss>crying over spilt milk</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">counting the age of one's dead child</gloss>

Entry created

gg5, prog
庇を貸して	1,626		
ひさしを貸して	666
母屋を取られ	908		
母屋をとられ	178

yard/ell -> mile

@@ -5,0 +6,12 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>ひさしを貸して母屋を取られる</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>庇を貸して母屋をとられる</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>ひさしを貸して母屋をとられる</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -14,2 +26,2 @@
-<gloss>give him an inch and he'll take an ell</gloss>
-<gloss>give him an inch and he'll take a yard</gloss>
+<gloss>to have one's kindness taken advantage of</gloss>
+<gloss>give him an inch and he'll take a mile</gloss>

庇 - eaves.
Trimming.

@@ -16 +16 @@
-<gloss g_type="lit">to lend out the leaves but have the whole house taken from one</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">to lend out the eaves but have one's whole house taken</gloss>

Koj imidas

The Japanese is actually an idiom rather than a proverb (my bad). Not sure the "give sb an inch" can be worked into an idiom? 
"to give someone an inch and have a wole yard taken"? it's a little awkward.

@@ -13 +13 @@
-<misc>&proverb;</misc>
+<misc>&id;</misc>
@@ -15,0 +16,7 @@
+<gloss g_type="lit">to lend out the leaves but have the whole house taken from one</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
+<pos>&v1;</pos>
+<misc>&id;</misc>
+<gloss>to have a favor returned with spite</gloss>

Cambridge phrasing:
give someone an inch and they'll take a mile
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/give-someone-an-inch-and-they-ll-take-a-mile

Weblio gloss for 庇を貸して母屋を取られる
https://ejje.weblio.jp/content/give+him+an+inch+and+he'll+take+a+mile 
Give him an inch and he'll take a mile [a yard].
彼にひさしを貸したら母屋まで取られるよ

Totally Japanese reference for variant: 軒のきを貸して母屋おもやを取られる
https://japanese-note.jp/noki-omoya/
英文	Give him an inch and he’ll take a mile.
彼に庇を貸したら母屋まで取られるよ
（直訳:彼に少しでも与えたら善意に付け込まれるよ)

Alternate suggestion, single gloss only: 

give someone an inch and they'll take a mile

========= Long winded reasoning
Before adding a new entry for a variant of this Japanese idiom, I'd like to add to the discussion on the current glosses, and see if something different might be considered. 

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
庇を貸して母屋	1530
軒を貸して母屋	908    NEW

Adding to Stephen's comment, I have also have never heard the "ell" formation (though it's fair to say I'm not well versed in literature).  Kids these days I guess... (I'm 42). I also immediately though "wouldn't mile be better than yard?"  Obviously all of these formulations, and a number of variants (give 'em an inch, give them an inch, give someone an inch) are all in circulation(with "ell" appearing to be the origin)

Currently, Cambridge Dictionary online has a single, modern / gender-neutral formulation:

- give someone an inch and they'll take a mile

No mention of yards or ells. If it were me, I would just use this gloss alone.  I think it's likely to be readily understood by native English speakers, and safe to use for Japanese learners who acquire it via jmdict (I would not necessarily say the same of the "inch/ell" formulation).

===== 

Just looking at cute quotations and comic images, if you do a google image search for just the quoted prefix, you get the following rough counts for "miles", "yards", "foot", "ells", and "furlongs"(hah)...    As you move toward gender neutrality (~modern usage), miles seems to gain in popularity.

"give someone an inch" 17 miles, 1 yard, 0 ells
"give them an inch" 12 miles, 2 yards, 0 ells
"give em an inch". 6 miles, 2 x "foot", 1 furlong, 0 ells
"give him an inch" 3 miles, 5 yards, 2 ells    (there were a bunch of additional t-shirts with the "yard" expression)

Also anecdotally, a twitter search for "give someone an inch" seems to be entirely "miles" (though other formulations sometimes yield different results)

gg5

@@ -9 +9 @@
-<gloss>derrick</gloss>
+<gloss>derrick (crane)</gloss>

Entry created

too encyclopedic

@@ -15 +15 @@
-<gloss>ideal in a ring (i.e. subset of a ring closed under addition and multiplication by elements of the ambient ring)</gloss>
+<gloss>ideal (in a ring)</gloss>

イデ・アル	No matches

イデアルな	408	  
イデアルなもの	73	  
イデアルな世界	47	  
イデアルな命題	39

@@ -7,3 +6,0 @@
-<r_ele>
-<reb>イデ・アル</reb>
-</r_ele>
@@ -12 +9 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
+<pos>&adj-na;</pos>
@@ -17 +13,0 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>

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

@@ -6,0 +6,3 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>イデ・アル</reb>

daijr/s

@@ -10,0 +11 @@
+<pos>&adj-t;</pos>
@@ -12,2 +13 @@
-<pos>&adj-t;</pos>
-<misc>&arch;</misc>
+<misc>&obs;</misc>
@@ -15 +15,2 @@
-<gloss>spacious</gloss>
+<gloss>open</gloss>
+<gloss>vast</gloss>
@@ -18,2 +19,3 @@
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<misc>&arch;</misc>
+<pos>&adj-t;</pos>
+<pos>&adv-to;</pos>
+<misc>&obs;</misc>
@@ -21,0 +24 @@
+<gloss>indistinct</gloss>

@@ -11,1 +11,1 @@
-<pos>&adv;</pos>
+<pos>&adv-to;</pos>
@@ -13,1 +13,3 @@
-<gloss>extensive, spacious</gloss>
+<misc>&arch;</misc>
+<gloss>extensive</gloss>
+<gloss>spacious</gloss>
@@ -17,0 +19,1 @@
+<misc>&arch;</misc>

daij koj