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Finally, let us turn to the Kenkyusha English-Japanese dictionary, with de nitions
in Table 5.8 on page 219 and sense divisions in Table 5.7 on the following page. The
pattern here is much more complex than in the Spanish and Chinese dictionaries. A few
of the sense divisions, such as401-j(determine), 401-k (ensure) and 402-a (faculty),
are represented by a set of examples that are clearly \on point", and others are nicely
within the larger categories, such as 401-a (eye/vide), 401-d (visit/audience), and 401-c
(spectate/tour). But many of the sense divisions made by the dictionary are unclear,
such as the distinction between 401-g and 401-h, which seems to be mainly aspectual,
between stative and inchoative cognition; both include examples of both recognize and
classify. The distinction between 401-a and 401-i may be re ected in their very di erent
de nitions in Japanese, yet the examples in the latter use the simple verb miru, `see', as in
401-a.