Talk:坊主

RFV discussion: July 2018

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坊主

Japanese: Sense two says "A bald person". I assume this is from 坊主頭(ぼうずあたま) (bōzu atama), which I understand to refer specifically to a shaved head and not, say, a middle-aged person who has lost their hair. I guess bald could encompass either case, but for me, at least, it suggests mainly the latter. Is there broader use of 坊主 / 坊主頭 than I'm aware of? Cnilep (talk) 03:26, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

From the DJR:

（２）〔僧侶の剃髪(ﾃｲﾊﾂ)した頭との類似性から〕

（ア）髪を剃(ｿ)ったり，短く刈った頭。毛のない頭。また，その人。「―頭」「丸―」

The KDJ also has:

3　髪を剃（そ）ったり短く刈ったりした頭。毛のない頭。また、その人。「坊主になる」

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5　丸くて毛の生えていないもののたとえ。木の生えていない山や葉の散ってしまった木などにもいう。「植木が坊主になる」

The above might imply that the "bald" sense should have a qualifier, as in "shaved bald", depending on how you read it. However, googling about finds usage examples like this one, where the phrase 坊主頭 (bōzu atama, literally “monk head”) is used to caption a photograph of an older fellow who clearly has regular male-pattern baldness.

Maybe add a usage note? ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │^{Tala við mig} 17:25, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

I added a usage note. I also added 'bald head' to the sense. That seems verified to me. Cnilep (talk) 03:59, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

{accidental revert}

I honestly did add a usage note. (Another editor undid my earlier comment to that effect.) I guess I should leave it to others to decide whether this request is satisfactorily verified? Cnilep (talk) 00:41, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

@Cnilep I apologize with great sincerity for undoing your edit. I reviewed my contributions now and found a mistaken rollback in there. That definitely was not on purpose! (My phone is slow and a lot of times if I look at my watchlist on my phone I rollback people by accident, sometimes without even noticing. So time and time again, I actually have to review my own contributions.) Again, I apologize. On discussion pages, it's also usually inappropriate to revert a user's edit or remove an post, so it definitely was not on purpose. PseudoSkull (talk) 15:45, 29 July 2018 (UTC)