Content Updates for April 2023

These are the content changes we made in April 2023.

Radicals

• 犭 Animal - Moved up to level 14.
• 感 Feeling - Moved up to level 50.
• 羽 - Added “feather” to the allow list.
• 央 - Added “centre” to the allow list.

Kanji

• 有 - Added 直 to the visually similar kanji list.
• 直 - Added 有 to the visually similar kanji list.
• 汚 - Changed the radicals “ground” and “beggar” to “two” and “prison”, and updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 翔 - Updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 誇 - Changed the radicals “ground” and “beggar” to “two” and “prison”, and updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 術 - Added “skill” to the allow list.
• 岸 - Added “beach” to the allow list.
• 裕 - Added “wealthy” as the alternative meaning and moved “plentifull” to the allow list.
• 景 - Added “view” to the allow list.
• 慣 - Added “get used to” to the allow list.
• 豊 - Added “abundant” as the alternative meaning and updated the meaning mnemonic and hint.
• 潔 - Added “clean” as an alternative meaning and “undefiled” to the allow list, and updated the meaning mnemonic.
• 突 - Added “sudden” as an alternative meaning, and updated the meaning and reading mnemonics.
• 精 - Added “refined” to the allow list.
• 渇 - Made “dry up” the primary meaning, and updated the meaning mnemonic and meaning hint.
• 腕 - Fixed an error (moved “arms” from the reading allow list to the meaning allow list).
• 擦 - Added “rub” as the primary meaning, moved “grate” and added “graze” to the allow list, updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 度 - Added “degree” as the primary meaning, moved “degrees” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 枚 - Added “flat object counter” and “piece” to the allow list.
• 泡 - Added “bubble” to the allow list.
• 復 - Added “revert” to the allow list.

Vocabulary

• 考え方 - Added “way of teaching” to the allow list.
• 出所 - Added “release from jail” to the allow list.
• 軍人 - Added “military personnel” as the alternative meaning.
• 門 - Added かど to the reading warning list.
• 遠い - Added “distant” to the allow list.
• 証 - Added “sign” to the allow list.
• 関する - Added “to be related to” as the primary meaning, added “to be concerned with” and “to pertain to” as alternative meanings, moved “to be connected to” and “to be related” to the allow list, added “to concern,” “to be about,” and “to involve” to the allowlist, updated the meaning explanation, and updated two context sentences.
• 記念日 - Added “commemorative day” and “commemoration day” to the allow list, updated one context sentence and replaced one context sentence.
• 結局 - Added “finally” to the allow list.
• 続々 - Added “in a series” to the allow list.
• 分解 - Added “solution” to the block list.
• 混乱する - Added “to be in disorder” as the alternative meaning, added “to be in chaos,” “to get confused,” and “to panic” to the allow list, and updated a context sentence.
• 示す - Updated one context sentence.
• 藤 - Added one context sentence.
• 案外 - Added one context sentence.
• 脱ぐ - Added one context sentence.
• 主観 - Added one context sentence.
• 市営 - Added one context sentence.
• 価格 - Added one context sentence.
• 位置 - Added one context sentence.
• 応じる - Added one context sentence.
• お土産 - Added one context sentence.
• 大統領 - Added one context sentence.
• 圧倒する - added one context sentence.
• 存在する - Added one context sentence.
• お手洗い - Added one context sentence.
• 応援 - Added one context sentence and updated one context sentence.
• 嫌味 - Added one context sentence and added “obnoxious” to the allow list.
• 嫌悪感 - Added one context sentence and added “disgust” as the alternative meaning.
• 価 - Added two context sentences.
• 値 - Added two context sentences.
• 副業 - Added two context sentences.
• 政策 - Added two context sentences.
• 物価 - Added two context sentences.
• 公示 - Added two context sentences.
• 一応 - Added two context sentences.
• 脱税 - Added two context sentences.
• 副題 - Added two context sentences.
• 置く - Added two context sentences.
• 在留する - Added two context sentences.
• 受領書 - Added two context sentences and added “delivery confirmation slip” as the alternative meaning.
• 収める - Updated one context sentence.
• 停止 - Added “stop” and “halt” to the allow list.
• 光景 - Added “view” and “scene” to the allow list.
• 景色 - Added “view” as the alternative meaning, moved “scene” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 限界 - Added “limitations” as the alternative meaning, moved “boundary” and added “boundaries,” “limitation,” “bounds,” and “bound” to the allow list.
• 見渡す - Moved “sweep” to the allow list, moved “to take an extensive view of” and added “to take an extensive view,” “to take an extensive look of,” and “to take an extensive look” to the meaning warning list.
• 不規則 - Moved “unsteadiness,” “erratic,” “inconsistent” to the allow list.
• 優れる - Moved “to outstrip” to the allow list.
• 鮮やか - Added “fresh” to the allow list.
• 限定 - Added “restrict” to the allow list.
• 抜く - Added “to pull out” as the alternative meaning, added “to draw out,” and “to unplug,” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 革命家 - Added “revolutionist” to the allow list.
• 故障 - Added “fault” to the allow list.
• 印 - Added “stamp” to the meaning warning list.
• 不潔 - Added “unclean” to the allowlist.
• 修理 - Added “fixing” to the allowlist.
• 無我夢中 - Added “losing oneself in” as the alternative meaning and added “being absorbed” and “being absorbed in” to the allowlist.
• 解雇する - Added “to hire” and “to hire someone” to the block list.
• 兼業 - Added “side job” to the allow list.
• 旨 - Added “the gist” to the allow list.
• 六日 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 早々 - Added “early” as an alternative meaning and moved “promptly” to the allow list.
• 毎年 - Added “every day” to the block list.
• 全て - Updated the reading explanation.
• 心願 - Added “earnest wish” to the allow list.
• 無茶 - Added “unreasonable” and “ridiculous” to the allow list.
• 続ける - Added “to continue something” as the primary meaning, moved “to continue” to the alternative meaning.
• 受領書 - Updated one context sentence.
• 律動 - Updated the meaning explanation and updated one context sentence.
• 血管 - Added “vein” as an alternative meaning, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 効力 - Added “efficacy” as the alternative meaning.
• 含む - Added “to contain” as the alternative meaning.
• 含意 - Added “connotation” as an alternative meaning.
• 新鮮 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 巻く - Added “to wrap” and “to coil” as the alternative meaning, moved “to roll up” and added “to wind,” “to reel,” “to wind up,” and “to coil up” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 豊か - Added “abundant” as the alternative meaning, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
• 補う - Added “to make up for” to the allow list.
• 律動的 - Added “cadenced” to the allow list.
• 所属 - Added “affiliation” as an alternative meaning, added “affiliated with” and “affiliation with” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 掛ける - Moved “to hang something” to the primary meaning, moved “to hang” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 故障 - Added “out of service”, “breakdown”, and “failure” to the allow list.
• 突然 - Added “abruptly” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 段階 - Added “level” and “step” to the allow list.
• 故に - Added “for that reason” to the allow list.
• 創造力 - Added “creativeness” to the allow list.
• 不潔 - Added “indecent” to the allow list and updated the meaning explanation.
• 構える - Added “to assume a posture” and “to adopt a posture” to the allow list.
• 寄る - Added “to draw near” to the allow list.
• 渇く - Added “to feel thirsty” to the allow list.
• 衝突 - Added “crash” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 滑る - Updated the reading explanation.
• 突如 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 枯渇 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 突貫 - Moved “lightning attack” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 〜円 - Moved “yen” to the primary meaning, added “Japanese yen” as the alternative meaning, moved “money” and added “JPY” to the allow list.
• 大文字 - Added “uppercase characters” and “uppercase character” to the allow list.
• 今年 - Added “current year” to the allow list.
• 作家 - Moved “writer” to the primary meaning, moved “author” to the alternative meaning, added “creator” as the alternative meaning, moved “novelist” and added “artist” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation and the reading explanation.
• 主観 - Added one context sentence.
• 領袖 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 腕 - Fixed an error (moved “arms” from the reading allow list to the meaning allow list).
• 割る - Added “to split something” and “to break something” as the alternative meaning, moved “to split” and “to break” and added “to divide something” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 全景 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 満点 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 割れる - Added “to be split” as the alternative meaning, moved “to be separated” and added “to split up”, “to split”, “to be broken”, “to get broken”, “to be cracked”, “to crash”, “to be crashed”, “to crack”, “to be cracked”, and “to be split up” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 沿う - Updated the reading explanation.
• 勧誘 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 摩擦 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 擦る - Updated the meaning explanation and the reading explanations.
• 擦れる - Added “to be rubbed” as the primary meaning, added “to be scraped” and “to be grazed” as the alternative meaning, moved “to chafe” and “to rub” to the allow list, and updated the meaning and the reading explanations.
• 諦観 - Moved up to level 55.
• 擦れる - Moved up to level 47.
• 騎馬 - Moved up to level 50.
• 騎兵 - Moved up to level 50.
• 四日 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 向ける - Added “to face towards” to the warning list.
• 人数 - Added “headcount” to the allow list, and moved “number of people” and “amount of people” to the allow list.
• 対外 - Moved “external” from the allow list to an alternative meaning, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 何度 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 高度 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 一番目 - Added “first” and “1st” to the allow list.
• 用意 - Moved “provision” and “arrangements” to the allow list and added “preparations” to the allow list.
• 支度 - Moved “arrangements” to the allow list, added “preparations” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 短い - Updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation.
• 動かす - Added “to move” to the allow list.
• 建築家 - Added “architecture” to the block list.
• 被る - Added “to be covered” to the allow list.
• 震度 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 増加 - Moved “addition” and “growth” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 準備 - Added “preparation” as the primary meaning, moved “preparations” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 捜す - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 逮捕 - Moved “capture” and “apprehension” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 影響 - Added “effect” and “impact” to the allow list.
• 状況 - Added “state” to the allow list.
• 属する - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 独創 - Added “creativeness” to the allow list.
• 清潔 - Moved “cleanness” to the allow list, and added “pure”, “purity”, and “hygienic” to the allow list.
• 撮る - Added “to farm” to the block list.
• 渇く - Updated the meaning explanation and added two new context sentences.
• 一覧 - Added “look” and “glance” to the allow list.
• 迷わす - Added “To be lead astray” to the block list.
• 駆け出す - Added “to rush into” to the block list.
• 滑る - Updated the reading explanation.
• 泡 - Added “bubbles” to the allow list.
• 輝度 - Moved “clearness” to the allow list and updated the meaning explanation.
• 緯度 - Updated the meaning explanation.