EDICT_WHAT'SNEW =============== This file summarizes what is new in each EDICT release. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ V2001-001 15 JUNE 2001 - 97399 entries The first new release for some time. The main changes are: - approximately 20,000 new entries. These have been over a year in preparation, and come from a number of sources. - a completely new system of marking the Parts of Speech (POS) of most entries. - the marking of the more common 20,000 Japanese words with a "(P)" marker. - the marking of (some of the) entries with multiple senses as "(1) ..../(2)....." etc. V2001-002 28 November 2001 - 97927 entries No major changes; just a lot of smallish corrections, and a few additions. V2002-001 25 April 2002 - 100016 entries No major changes. A lot of corrections and about 2000 extra entries. V2003-001 4 February 2003 - 103527 entries Again, no major changes. A lot of corrections and some more entries. V2003-004 19 August 2003. - 106,844 entries Again, no major changes. A lot of corrections and some more entries. V2003-005 18 December 2003. - 107,735 entries. The main change has been to rework the (P) priority entries. About 2,000 had the tag removed and 5,000 had it added. V2005-002 1 May 2005 - 110,873 entries. The last year has mainly seen additions & corrections. All entries now have part-of-speech marked. V2005-003 10 June 2005 - 112,892 entries. More additions & corrections. Most of the additions are from Kanji Haitani's expanded yojijukugo collection.