User:Bendono/Issues

Below is a list of issues that I have run into while creating Japanese entries. This is a work in progress and when more complete I will present it for discussion and available options.

Verbs

 * Need a way to identify the stem.
 * ex: yom-, tabe-, sak-
 * Need a way to indicate transitivity
 * Transitive or intransitive
 * Need a way to indicate irregular verbs
 * K-irregular:
 * N-irregular
 * S-irregular
 * R-irregular
 * Need a way to indicate the classical form of a verb
 * ex: 食べる < 食ぶ, 逃げる > 逃ぐ
 * Need a way to distinguish between upper and lower verb classes
 * Suggest common English terminology for verb classes:
 * 四段: quadrigrade
 * 五段: quintigrade
 * 上一段: upper monograde
 * 上二段: upper bigrade
 * 下一段: lower monograde
 * 下二段: lower bigrade
 * カ変: k-irregular
 * サ変: s-irregular
 * ナ変: n-irregular
 * ラ変: r-irregular

Adjectives

 * The classical form of adjectives should be specified in entry
 * ex: 高い from 高し, 新しい from 新し
 * Need a way to indicate type of adjective: -ku or -siku

Other

 * WT:AJA recommends that "[d]efinitions should be restricted to simple translation glosses". There is often large semantic areas that do not overlap. Looking at a translation gloss is often uninformative or deceptive about the meaning and actual usage. Should emphasize descriptive definitions possibly followed by translation glosses.

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