These are the content changes we made in April 2021.
Radicals
- poem - added “poetry” to allow list.
- Hills - moved up from level 29 to level 30
- 義 - added “righteous” to allow list.
Kanji
- 思 - edited new meaning mnemonic to fit better with existing reading mnemonic, and added a custom warning message for the reading し.
- 郵 - added “post” to meanings and updated meaning and reading mnemonics.
- 坑 - added 抗 to visually similar kanji.
- 攻 - added 功 to visually similar kanji.
- 鳴 - updated context sentence.
- 保 - added “prefer” to block list.
- 枚 - added 敗 to visually similar kanji.
- 派 - added “faction” as a meaning.
- 特 - updated reading mnemonic.
- 運 - updated meaning and reading mnemonics.
- 身 - updated reading mnemonic.
- 沢 - added 況 to visually similar kanji.
- 危 - added “danger” to allow list.
- 鮭 - added かい and けい as on’yomi.
- 絡 - added 格 to visually similar kanji.
- 解 - added “solution” to allow list.
- 義 - added “righteous” to allow list.
- 宛 - added えん as on’yomi.
- 伎 - added ぎ as on’yomi.
- 絞 - added “tangle” to block list.
- 腕 - added “arms” to allow list.
Vocabulary
- 着ける - added “to turn on” to block list.
- 西洋 - added “Western” to meanings.
- 教える - updated context sentence.
- 郵便 - added “post” to meanings, updated meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
- 片言 - made “broken language” primary meaning, updated meaning explanation, added “baby talk” to allow list, and added two context sentences.
- 大人 - added common word combinations.
- 一人 - added common word combinations.
- 外れる - updated meaning explanation.
- 欠ける - updated meanings and meaning explanation.
- 欠かす - updated meanings and meaning explanation.
- 受ける - updated reading explanation.
- 苦い - updated meaning explanation.
- 苦しい - updated context sentence.
- 苦しむ - updated context sentence.
- 温める - updated meanings and meaning mnemonics.
- 帰る - updated reading explanation.
- 治す - updated meaning explanation.
- 周年 - replaced a context sentence.
- 乱れる - added “to put in disorder” to block list.
- 銃 - added ぐん to reading warning list and added two context sentences.
- 名古屋 - added “Nakoya” to block list.
- 先月 - added “previous month” to allow list.
- 恐竜 - updated meaning explanation and added two context sentences.
- 形容動詞 - added “adjective” to meaning warning list and added two context sentences.
- 引き分け - added “a tie” and “a draw” to allow list.
- 無限 - added “unlimited”, “perpetual”, and “indefinite” to allow list and added two context sentences.
- 一杯 - added “full” and “a lot” to meanings, moved “one cup of liquid” and “one drink” to allow list, added “much”, “full of”, “all of”, “with all you”, and “with all one’s” to allow list, and added two context sentences.
- 都合 - changed the primary meaning to “one’s convenience”, added “circumstances” as a meaning, moved “at your convenience” and “circumstance” to allow list, and added “convenience” to allow list.
- 殻 - updated meaning and reading explanations and added two context sentences.
- 人殺し - replaced one context sentence.
- 同じ - changed word type to な-adjective, updated meaning explanation, and replaced one context sentence.
- 油絵 - updated reading explanation and added two context sentences.
- 逃す - added “to miss” and “to lose” as meanings, moved “to set free” and “to let escape” to allow list, added “to let slip by” to allow list, updated meaning and reading explanations, and added two context sentences.
- 逃がす - updated meaning explanation and added two context sentences.
- 〜氏 - added “Mr” to allow list.
- 実 - added み to reading warning list, and “fruit” and “nut” to meaning warning list.
- 旅 - added “journey” to allow list.
- 学期 - added “term” to allow list.
- 地球 - added “globe” to allow list.
- 全然 - added “totally” to allow list.
- 笑い - added “laughter,” “smile,” and “a smile” to allow list.
- 分類 - added “sorting” and “categorisation” to allow list.
- 人類 - added “human race” and “the human race” to allow list.
- 乱暴 - added “violent” as primary meaning, updated meaning explanation, and added “rough” to allow list.
- 余る - added “to remain” to allow list.
- 手洗い - moved “washing the hands” to allow list and added “washing hands,” “washing one’s hands,” “toilet,” and “loo” to allow list.
- 手続き - added “process” to meanings and added two context sentences.
- 垣 - updated meaning explanation and context sentences.
- 焼き芋 - added “baked sweet potato” as primary meaning and “roasted sweet potato” as alternative meaning, moved “baked potato” and “roasted potato” to allow list, and added “roasted sweet potato” and “roasted potato” to allow list. Updated meaning explanation.
- 外れる - added “to go out” to the block list.
- 凡庸 - updated context sentence.
- 縫製 - updated context sentence.
- 大尉 - updated context sentence.
- 権威 - updated context sentence.
- 威張る - updated context sentence.
- 傷つく - updated meaning explanation.
- 傷つける - updated meaning explanation.
- 撤回 - added “taking back” to meanings, added “withdraw” and “take back” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
- 肯定 - added “polite” to block list and added two context sentences.
- 坊主 - added “shaved head” and “close-cropped hair” to meanings, updated meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
- 沈む - updated meaning explanation.
- 沈める - updated meaning explanation, and changed primary meaning to “to sink something”.
- 零す - updated meaning explanation, and changed primary meaning to “to spill something”.
- 煮る - updated meaning explanation, and changed primary meaning to “to boil something”.
- 市立 - added いちりつ to reading warning list.
- 預ける - updated meaning and reading explanations.
- 退く - changed reading mnemonic.
- 話し方 - added “way of reading” to block list.
- 憶測 - added “calculation” to block list and added two context sentences.
- 優先 - added “superiority” to the block list.
- 先々月 - added “year before last” and “the year before last” to the block list.
- 増える - added “to decrease” to the block list.
- 正解 - added “right answer” and “right” to allow list and added two context sentences.
- 洗練 - added “refining” and “polishing” to allow list.
- 断る - added “to turn down” and “to decline” to allow list and added two context sentences.
- 勝ち - added “victor” to block list.
- 痛む - added “to stoop” to block list.
- 融合 - added “fission” to block list.
- 訓読み - added “on’yomi,” “onyomi,”, and “on reading” to block list.
- 腕 - added “arms” to allow list.
- 力いっぱい - (ちからいっぱい) - with all one’s strength
- テーブルの上 - (てーぶるのうえ) - on the table
- ベッドの下 - (べっどのした) - under the bed
- 山びこ - (やまびこ) - echo
- 口にする - (くちにする) - to mention
- 山道 - (やまみち) - mountain road