These are the content changes we made in April 2024.
Radicals
- 兆 - Added “trillion” to the warning meaning.
- 主 - Added “lord” to the warning list.
- 戈 - Updated the meaning mnemonic.
- 原 - Updated the meaning mnemonic.
Kanji
- 声 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
- 麦 - Added 夏 to the visually similar list.
- 標 - Added “sign” and “mark” to the allow list.
- 完 - Added 宗 to the visually similar list.
- 玄 - Added 系 to the visually similar list.
- 兆 - Added “trillion” as the alternative meaning.
- 偏 - Added “bias” to the allow list.
- 押 - Added 抽 to the visually similar list.
- 唇 - Added “lip” to the allow list.
- 想 - Added “imagine” as the primary meaning and “contemplate” as the alternate meaning, added “imagining,” “think,” “thinking,” “thought,” “concept,” and “contemplation” to the allow list, updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
- 続 - Added 結 to the visually similar list.
- 袖 - Updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
- 視 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and added “see” to the warning list.
- 景 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
- 銭 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
- 桟 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
- 主 - Added “lord” to the allow list.
- 村 - Added 材 to the visually similar list.
- 別 - Updated the reading mnemonic.
- 箱 - Updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
- 靖 - Updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
- 蔑 - Updated the reading mnemonic.
Vocabulary
- 二百 - Added “2 hundred” to the allow list.
- 何月 - Added “how many months” to the warning list.
- 当てる - Added “to shine” to the block list.
- 研究所 - Added “laboratory” to the allow list.
- 海岸 - Added “shore” to the allow list.
- 絡む - Updated the reading explanation.
- 渡す - Added “to cross” to the block list.
- 唐揚げ - Updated the reading explanation.
- 喚起 - Added “stimulate” and “stir up” to the allow list and added a context sentence.
- 殻 - Updated the meaning and reading explanations.
- 四百 - Added “4 hundred” to the allow list.
- 何人 - Added なんびと and なんぴと to the warning list.
- 点ける - Updated one context sentence.
- 大事 - Added おおごと to the warning list.
- 約束する - Added “to practice” and “to practise” to the block list.
- 感覚 - Added “relation” to the block list.
- 連絡する - Added “to connect” to the warning list.
- 記述 - Added “writing down” as the primary meaning, moved “description” to the alternative meaning, added “describing,” “give an account,” “giving an account,” “provide a description,” “providing a description,” “give a description,” “giving a description,” “write down,” “record,” “recording,” “writing things down,” and “writing down things” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 凍結 - Added “frozen” to the allow list, and added “moratorium” to the warning list.
- 納得 - Added “be convinced,” “understand,” “be satisfied,” “being satisfied,” “be persuaded,” “being persuaded,” and “satisfaction” to the allow list.
- 零時 - Added “12 am” and “12am” to the allow list
- 唇 - Added “lip” to the allow list.
- 塗料 - Added “paint” as the primary meaning, added “coating” as the alternative meaning, moved “paints” to the allow list, added “coating material” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 叙述 - Added “giving an account” as the primary meaning, added “narrating” and “describing” to the alternative meaning, moved “description” to the allow list, added “give an account,” “narrate,” “narration,” “provide a description,” “providing a description,” “give a description,” and “giving a description” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 紋章 - Added “family crest” and “family coat of arms” to the allow list.
- 何千 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 活用 - Updated a common word combination translation.
- 安い - Updated a context sentence translation.
- 勝つ - Updated two context sentences.
- タバコ - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 酒飲み - Moved “alcoholic” to the allow list and updated the meaning explanation.
- 温かい - Added あったかい as a reading and updated the reading explanation.
- 温める - Added あったかい as a reading and updated the reading explanation.
- 想定 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 予想 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 思想 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 感想 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 回想 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 幻想 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 晴れ - Updated one context sentence translation.
- 指圧 - Added “pressure” to the warning list.
- 飛ぶ - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 借り手 - Added “borrow” to the block list.
- 責任感 - Updated one context sentence translation.
- 管 - Updated one context sentence.
- 頑張れ - Added “hang in there” as the alternative meaning, added “persevere,” “do one’s best,” “hold out,” “try hard,” “try harder,” “hang in,” “try your best,” “try one’s best,” and “go for it” to the allow list, added “hold on” and “come on” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 屈む - Added “to duck” and “to squat” as the alternative meaning, moved “to lean over” to the allow list, added “to bob down,” “to lower one’s head,” “to lower one’s body,” and “to crouch down” to the allow list, added “to bow down” and “to bend” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
- 怒鳴る - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 揃う - Added “to complete” to the warning list.
- 暖かい - Updated the reading explanation.
- 否 - Moved “not” to the alternative meaning, moved いいえ and いえ to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
- 真似 - Made “imitation” the primary meaning, made “impersonation” an alternate meaning, added “acting,” “act,” “action,” “behavior,” “behaviour, and “conduct” to the warning list, updated the meaning and reading explanations, and added common word combinations.
- 物真似 - Added “imitation” and “mimicry” alternate meanings, added “impression” to the allow list, added “caricature” and “parody” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and added common word combinations.
- 償う - Updated the meaning explanation, and updated one context sentence.
- 慰問 - Added “paying a sympathy call” as the primary meaning, added “consolation” and “sympathy visit” as the alternative meaning, moved “condolences” to the warning list, moved “sympathy call” to the allow list, added “consoling,” “pay a sympathy call,” “paying a sympathy call,” “paying a sympathy visit,” “a sympathy visit,” and “a sympathy call” to the allow list, added “comfort,” “comforting,” “console,” “visit,” and “visiting” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 猿真似 - Added “mindless imitation” as an alternate meaning, updated the meaning explanation, updated the context sentence translation, and added common word combinations.
- 可哀想 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 南緯 - Added “northern latitude” and “north latitude” to the block list.
- 北緯 - Added “southern latitude” and “south latitude” to the block list.
- 妄想 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 全力 - Added “all one’s power” to the allow list.
- 正す - Updated the reading explanation.
- 立つ - Updated the reading explanation.
- 正しい - Updated the reading explanation.
- 村人 - Added “village person” to the allow list.
- 休止 - Updated the primary meaning to be “pause,” moved “suspension” to the allow list, added “hiatus” as an alternative meaning, updated the meaning explanation and a context sentence, and added “standstill,” “recess,” “shutdown,” “stuck,” and “discontinued” to the allow list.
- 休み - Updated the reading explanation.
- 安い - Updated the reading explanation.
- 方言 - Added “dialect word” and “regional dialect” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 点ける - Updated one context sentence.
- 見当たる - Added “to be spotted” as the alternative meaning, moved “to come upon” and “to come across” to the allow list, added “to be identified” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 運ぶ - Updated the reading explanation.
- 戦い - Updated the reading explanation.
- 老人 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 温かい - Updated the reading explanation.
- 最悪 - Added “worse” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 干す - Added “to dry up” to the block list.
- 両側 - Added “south side” to the block list.
- 苛める - Added “to praise” to the block list.
- 布団 - Added “duvet” as the alternative meaning, added “comforter,” “quilt blanket,” “blanket,” “down comforter,” “futon mattress,” “futon mat,” “futon pad,” and “sleeping mattress,” to the allow list, added “wool blanket,” “woolen blanket,” and “down” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 毛布 - Added “wool blanket” as the alternative meaning, added “woolen blanket” to the allow list, added “comforter,” “duvet,” and “cotton blanket” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 改まる - Replaced the context sentence.
- 主観 - Added “objective” to the block list.
- 作用 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 施行 - Added “implementation” as the alternative meaning, added “enforce,” “enforcing,” “carry out,” “execution,” “execute,” “executing,” “implement,” and “implementing” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
- 獣類 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 過ごす - Moved “to pass time” to the primary meaning, moved “to spend time” to the alternative meaning, updated the meaning explanation, updated the reading explanation, added collocations, and added three context sentences.
- 人造 - Made “man made” the primary meaning, moved “artificial” to be an alternative meaning, moved “imitation” to the allow list, added “man-made,” “human-made” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 逮捕する - Added three new context sentences.
- 南極 - Added “both sides” to the block list.
- 迷う - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 主 - Moved “owner” to the primary meaning, moved “master” to the allow list, added “lord” and “proprietor” to the allow list, added “head of household” and “leader” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, updated the reading explanation, added collocations, added three context sentences, removed two context sentences, and updated one context sentence.
- 処置 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 闘う - Updated the reading explanation.
- 甲 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 称える - Updated the reading explanation.
- 瞬く - Updated the reading explanation.
- 粘る - Updated the reading explanation.
- 滴る - Updated the reading explanation.
- 唯 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 漂う - Updated the reading explanation.
- 継父 - Added ままちち as an alternative reading, and updated the reading explanation.