[tlug] How to make a current running kanji compound list from the news

[Jim Breen <jimbreen@example.com>]

Martin G wrote:

> However, I got to thinking about it, and wondered if with all the
> modern tools and the fact that almost all news is online, surely
> (hopefully) there would be a way to scan news sites for the most
> common compounds and make a spreadsheet of them.

It's been done a few times, and the data is available.

See the page: http://ftp.monash.edu.au/pub/nihongo/00INDEX.html
and scan down (Ctrl-F) for the word "Girardi". You'll be at the start
of a collection of word frequency lists. Some of them may be useful.

Jim

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Jim Breen
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