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Jim Breen
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Marcella M. MARIOTTI
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Nov 14
A bushel of buzzwords from Japan
Thank you Jim :) Il giorno ven 8 nov 2024 alle ore 07:39 Jim Breen <jimb...@gmail.com> ha
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A bushel of buzzwords from Japan
Thank you Jim :) Il giorno ven 8 nov 2024 alle ore 07:39 Jim Breen <jimb...@gmail.com> ha
Nov 14
Ben Bullock
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Jim Breen
2
Aug 2
"has a names dictionary match" bug
Thanks. Yes, that message seems to be from some code left over from a past version. I have removed it
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"has a names dictionary match" bug
Thanks. Yes, that message seems to be from some code left over from a past version. I have removed it
Aug 2
Ahmed Fasih
, …
Jim Breen
4
Aug 2
New sense for 引く?
Discussion of that entry needs to be at https://www.edrdg.org/jmwsgi/entr.py?svc=jmdict&sid=
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New sense for 引く?
Discussion of that entry needs to be at https://www.edrdg.org/jmwsgi/entr.py?svc=jmdict&sid=
Aug 2
Srintuar
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Jim Breen
2
Jul 31
New word, maybe
I've drafted an entry: https://www.edrdg.org/jmwsgi/entr.py?q=2862057&svc=jmdict Jim On Thu,
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New word, maybe
I've drafted an entry: https://www.edrdg.org/jmwsgi/entr.py?q=2862057&svc=jmdict Jim On Thu,
Jul 31
Ben Bullock
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Jim Breen
2
Jul 28
猩
Thanks, Ben. Most references just have orangutan for 猩 but I agree that "dark red" fits and
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猩
Thanks, Ben. Most references just have orangutan for 猩 but I agree that "dark red" fits and
Jul 28
Jim Breen
May 7
Google n-gram corpus
Greetings, I am in the process of writing something which refers to the n-gram corpus and the lookup
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Google n-gram corpus
Greetings, I am in the process of writing something which refers to the n-gram corpus and the lookup
May 7
Jim Breen
Apr 30
Annoying Bots
The cloud service being used for the edrdg.org server (Digital Ocean) doesn't charge for
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Annoying Bots
The cloud service being used for the edrdg.org server (Digital Ocean) doesn't charge for
Apr 30
Ben Bullock
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Stuart McGraw
16
Mar 3
Request regarding inputs
In that case (that wwwjdic makes no use of the name/email info), would it make sense to just remove
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Request regarding inputs
In that case (that wwwjdic makes no use of the name/email info), would it make sense to just remove
Mar 3
Jim Breen
Feb 25
Keeping track of submissions
A few people have raised the possibility of getting email feedback on the progress of their
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Keeping track of submissions
A few people have raised the possibility of getting email feedback on the progress of their
Feb 25
Kim Ahlström
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Jim Breen
9
Feb 1
Search-only senses
Thanks Jim. Makes sense that this is a big change. Maybe better suited for JMdict NG? I've been
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Search-only senses
Thanks Jim. Makes sense that this is a big change. Maybe better suited for JMdict NG? I've been
Feb 1
Jim Breen
2
12/18/23
JMdict, etc. releases paused
The problem with downloading the XML files has been resolved and I have removed the pause. Cheers Jim
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JMdict, etc. releases paused
The problem with downloading the XML files has been resolved and I have removed the pause. Cheers Jim
12/18/23
Jim Breen
,
Brian Birtles
4
12/18/23
Some downtime
Thanks very much for pointing this out, Brian. At first I thought it was a wobble in some cron jobs
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Some downtime
Thanks very much for pointing this out, Brian. At first I thought it was a wobble in some cron jobs
12/18/23
Jim Breen
12/7/23
[rk] tag added
I finally got around to adding [rk] (rarely used kana form) to the reading-info tags. I know there
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[rk] tag added
I finally got around to adding [rk] (rarely used kana form) to the reading-info tags. I know there
12/7/23
Jim Breen
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Kanji Cafe
3
11/28/23
Additional field tags in JMdict
> professional wrestling means the entertainment type wrestling and not sumo right? Correct. We
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Additional field tags in JMdict
> professional wrestling means the entertainment type wrestling and not sumo right? Correct. We
11/28/23
Adam Nohejl
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Jim Breen
3
9/15/23
N-gram counts: common inflections
Hi Jim, > The tables in WWWJDIC were based on tables in a couple of textbooks, > and several
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N-gram counts: common inflections
Hi Jim, > The tables in WWWJDIC were based on tables in a couple of textbooks, > and several
9/15/23
Adam Nohejl
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Stuart McGraw
5
9/14/23
JMDict entry submission form: "something seems to gone kaput!"
Thank you so much! I would send you the texts, but you were faster. Yes, I mistakenly entered "[
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JMDict entry submission form: "something seems to gone kaput!"
Thank you so much! I would send you the texts, but you were faster. Yes, I mistakenly entered "[
9/14/23
Jim Breen
2
9/4/23
URL change for the JMdict database
>> Once the change is permanent we may try and have automatic redirection in place, ... Well,
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URL change for the JMdict database
>> Once the change is permanent we may try and have automatic redirection in place, ... Well,
9/4/23
freddie matthews
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Jim Breen
8
9/1/23
Luminous no longer freely available
Thanks for that link. The links on their Site Map page are interesting too. Jim On Fri, 1 Sept 2023
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Luminous no longer freely available
Thanks for that link. The links on their Site Map page are interesting too. Jim On Fri, 1 Sept 2023
9/1/23
Jim Breen
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Chase Colburn
3
8/26/23
JMdict about to reach 200k entries
Hi Jim and everyone, Your continued work on this free public dictionary is remarkable and 200k
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JMdict about to reach 200k entries
Hi Jim and everyone, Your continued work on this free public dictionary is remarkable and 200k
8/26/23
Jim Breen
,
Martin Pfundmair
5
6/29/23
Additional tags installed
Yes, it's a bit confusing having two trademark flags: - <field>&tradem;</field>
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Additional tags installed
Yes, it's a bit confusing having two trademark flags: - <field>&tradem;</field>
6/29/23
Jim Breen
4/24/23
Proper names in JMdict/EDICT
As explained in the Editorial Policy (https://www.edrdg.org/wiki/index.php/Editorial_policy#
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Proper names in JMdict/EDICT
As explained in the Editorial Policy (https://www.edrdg.org/wiki/index.php/Editorial_policy#
4/24/23
Jim Breen
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Kanji Cafe
4
4/5/23
Can ChatGPT help with JMdict?
There's an amusing case emerging here: https://interestingengineering.com/culture/australian-
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Can ChatGPT help with JMdict?
There's an amusing case emerging here: https://interestingengineering.com/culture/australian-
4/5/23
Jim Wisniewski
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Jim Breen
2
3/28/23
Unicode radical mappings in KRADFILE
Many thanks, Jim, for that feedback. Yes, those three were typos. I have corrected them in that
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Unicode radical mappings in KRADFILE
Many thanks, Jim, for that feedback. Yes, those three were typos. I have corrected them in that
3/28/23
Stephen Kraus
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Stuart McGraw
2
2/25/23
Backwards cross-reference functionality using JMdict XML data
As you noted, the new xml format will have entry sequence numbers in the xrefs. Unfortunately I am
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Backwards cross-reference functionality using JMdict XML data
As you noted, the new xml format will have entry sequence numbers in the xrefs. Unfortunately I am
2/25/23
Jim Breen
3
1/19/23
Odd WWWJDIC traffic
Well, whoever it was has stopped. They peaked at 56000 requests on the 2nd-last day and made 20000 on
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Odd WWWJDIC traffic
Well, whoever it was has stopped. They peaked at 56000 requests on the 2nd-last day and made 20000 on
1/19/23
Jim Breen
1/16/23
Please ignore
Sorry for a useless email. I hadn't set up the email archive for 2023 so my earlier email didn
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Please ignore
Sorry for a useless email. I hadn't set up the email archive for 2023 so my earlier email didn
1/16/23
Jim Breen
12/18/22
Japan’s Words of 2022
https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/c03831/ The Sanseidō and Shōgakukan top words for this year
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Japan’s Words of 2022
https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/c03831/ The Sanseidō and Shōgakukan top words for this year
12/18/22
freddie matthews
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Jim Breen
9
12/15/22
EPWING conversion script down?
Thanks for the update Jim. I appreciate the work you and Hannes have put into looking into this so
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EPWING conversion script down?
Thanks for the update Jim. I appreciate the work you and Hannes have put into looking into this so
12/15/22
Chris Vasselli
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Jim Breen
2
12/15/22
Polish-Japanese dictionary
Thanks for pointing this out, Chris. It looks interesting. From what I can see from dipping into the
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Polish-Japanese dictionary
Thanks for pointing this out, Chris. It looks interesting. From what I can see from dipping into the
12/15/22
Jim Breen
11/30/22
Fwd: Japanese Slang Review – November 2022
Wes Robertson's monthly review emails of Japanese slang terms are always interesting. Here is the
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Fwd: Japanese Slang Review – November 2022
Wes Robertson's monthly review emails of Japanese slang terms are always interesting. Here is the
11/30/22