Content Updates for August 2021

These are the content changes we made in August 2021.

Radicals

• 前 - before

Kanji

• 隠 - added “hinder” to block list.
• 菓 - added “snack” and “fruit” to allow list.
• 凍 - added “freeze” as alternative meaning.
• 岡 - added こう as on’yomi
• 璧 (へき) - disc
• 煎 (せん) - roast
• 掃 - added 帰 to visually similar kanji.
• 想 - added kun’yomi おも and on’yomi そ.
• 読 - added on’yomi とく.
• 礎 - added “cornerstone” as alternative meaning and “foundation stone” to allow list
• 似 - changed the primary reading to kun’yomi に as the previous meaning ね is actually an irregular reading, added a warning message for ね, and updated the reading mnemonic.
• 痒 (かゆ) - itchy
• 屁 (へ) - flatulence
• 点 - moved “decimal” and “decimal point” to allow list, and updated meaning mnemonic.
• 添 - added “attach” to allow list.
• 貝 - added on’yomi ばい.
• 冥 (めい) - underworld
• 砂 - added on’yomi しゃ.
• 屁 - removed おなら from readings, added a reading warning for it, and updated reading mnemonic.
• 乃 - changed the primary reading to the kun’yomi の, added a reading warning message for ない, and updated the reading mnemonic.
• 鯉 - updated meaning mnemonic.
• 遼 - added “distance” to allow list, and updated meaning and reading mnemonics.
• 梓 - made “Japanese birch” primary meaning and “birch” alternative meaning, moved “wood block” to allow list, added “Japanese birch tree” to allow list, and updated meaning and reading explanations.
• 緒 - added on’yomi ちょ.
• 勿 (もち) - must not
• 又 (kanji) - moved from level 2 up to level 51, because it’s usually written in kana and caused confusion for some beginners.

Vocabulary

• 湯気 - updated meaning explanation.
• 好き - added “likable” and “lovable” as alternative meanings, moved “fondness” to allow list, and updated meaning explanation.
• 大好き - added “lovable” alternative meaning, moved “like very much” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and updated one context sentence.
• 嫌い - added “dislikable” and “detestable” as alternative meanings, and updated meaning explanation.
• 大嫌い - added “detestable” as alternative meaning, updated meaning explanation and added two context sentences.
• 証跡 - added “proof” and “traces” as alternative meanings, added “trace” and “trail” to allow list, and updated meaning explanation.
• シアトル市 - updated reading explanation.
• 駅前 - added “train station front” to allow list.
• 大仏 - added “Great Buddha” as alternative meaning, moved “Giant Statue Of Buddha,” “Large Buddha Statue,” “Large Statue Of Buddha” to allow list, added “The Great Buddha” to allow list.
• 国王 - added “monarchy” to block list.
• 託す - added “to trust” to block list.
• 何時 - added いつ and なんどき to reading warning list.
• 腐敗 - added “rotting” and “corruption” as alternative meanings, moved “decay” to allow list, added “decaying”, “decomposing”, “decompose”, “rot”, and “corrupt” to allow list, and added two context sentences.
• 法規 - added “law” to the allow list.
• 年 - updated reading explanation.
• 牛 - added “bull” and “ox” as alternative meanings, updated meaning explanation, and updated context sentences.
• 保証 - added “assurance” and “warranty” as alternative meanings, added “guaranteeing”, “assure”, “assuring”, “warranting” and “warrant” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and replaced one context sentence.
• 保障 - made “security” primary meaning, added “safeguarding” as alternative meaning, moved “guarantee”, “warranty”, and “safeguard” to allow list, added “guaranteeing”, “protecting”, and “protection” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added two context sentences
• 苛々する (いらいらする) - to get irritated
• 完璧 (かんぺき) - perfect
• 煎茶 (せんちゃ) - green tea
• 煎餅 (せんべい) - senbei
• 温まる - added “to heat up” to allow list.
• 後悔 - updated meaning explanation and added two context sentences.
• 詐欺師 - added “con artist” and “scammer” as alternative meanings, added “con man”, “con woman”, “fraud” and “fraudster” to allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
• 劣等感 - added “sense of inferiority” as an alternative meaning, added “feeling inferior” to allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
• 〜殿 - added “Mr.” as primary meaning, added “Ms.” as an alternative meaning, made “Lord” an alternative meaning, moved “master” and “milord” to allow list, added “Miss”, “Mrs.”, and “Mister” to allow list, updated meaning and reading explanations, updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 手 - added “arm” as alternative meaning, updated meaning explanation, and replaced two context sentences.
• 右手 - added “right arm” and “right-hand side” as alternative meanings, added “the right” to allow list, added の-adjective as word type, updated meaning and reading explanations, and added two context sentences.
• 左手 - added “left arm” and “left-hand side” as alternative meanings, added “the left” to allow list, added の-adjective as word type, updated meaning and reading explanations, and added two context sentences.
• 貝 - added “seashell” to allow list.
• 謎々 - updated meaning explanation and added two context sentences.
• 乾く - added “to dry” and “to dry out” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
• 向ける - made “to turn something towards” primary meaning, added “to point something at” as alternative meaning, moved “to turn (something) towards”, “to turn towards”, and to “to point” to allow list, added “to turn something” and “to point something” to allow list, and updated meaning explanation.
• 礎 - added “cornerstone” as alternative meaning and “foundation stone” to allow list, and added two context sentences.
• 分解 - made “breakdown” primary meaning, added “disassembling” as alternative meaning, moved “analysis” and “disassembly” to allow list, added “taking apart”, “breaking down”, “analyzing”, “analysing”, “resolution”, and “disassembly” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
• 大体 - made “generally” primary meaning, added “about” as alternative meaning, moved “outline” and “approximate” to allow list, added “rough” and “roughly” to allow list, added adverb and の-adjective as word types, and updated meaning explanation.
• 文字通り - added adverb as word type.
• 求める - added “to ask for” to allow list.
• 消す - added “to turn on” to block list.
• 似る - added “to look like” as alternative meaning, updated meaning and reading explanations, and added two context sentences.
• 真似 - updated meaning and reading explanations.
• 見える - made “to be visible” primary meaning, added “to be in sight” and “can see” as alternative meanings, updated meaning explanation, and replaced two context sentences.
• 痒い (かゆい) - itchy
• 屁 (へ) - flatulence
• 屁理屈 (へりくつ) - illogical argument
• 苛む (さいなむ) - to torment
• 煎る (いる) - to roast
• 奇妙 - added “bizarre”, “peculiar” and “unusual” to allow list, and removed “noun” from word type.
• 醜態 - moved “disgraceful behaviour” to allow list, added “shameful behavior” and “shameful behaviour” to allow list, and added two context sentences.
• 滞る - added “to be delayed” as alternative meaning, added “to be behind” to allow list, updated meaning and reading explanations, and added two context sentences.
• 寝坊 - made “oversleeping” primary meaning, added “late riser” as alternative meaning, moved “oversleep” to allow list, added “sleeping in late”, “get up late”, “getting up late” and “sleepyhead” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and fixed typo in context sentence.
• 巨人 - added “a great woman”, “a great man”, and “titan” to allow list, and added two context sentences.
• 解決 - added “solving” as alternative meaning, added “settlement”, “resolution”, “solve”, “settling”, “settle”, “resolving”, and “resolve” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, fixed typo in context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 旋風 - updated meaning explanation, fixed typo in context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 擁する - fixed typo in context sentence, and added a context sentence.
• 事務所 - fixed typo in context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 歌 - added “sing” to block list.
• 攻撃 - replaced one context sentence and added two more context sentences.
• 大丈夫 - added “fine” to allow list.
• 帰る - added “to go home” as alternative meaning, added “to come home”, “to come back”, “to go home”, “to come back home”, and “to go back home” to allow list, and updated meaning explanation.
• 御札 - added “bill” and “note” to meaning warning list and added おさつ to reading warning list.
• 角 - added “horn” to meaning warning list and added つの to reading warning list.
• 終える - added “to begin” and “to begin something” to block list.
• 鋼材 - added “metal material” to block list.
• 賠償 - added two context sentences.
• 強調 - updated a context sentence.
• 豊満 - added “voluptuous” as alternative meaning, and replaced context sentence.
• 負け犬 - updated meaning explanation.
• 点 - added “score” and “viewpoint” as alternative meanings, moved “decimal” to allow list, added “standpoint”, “mark”, “grade”, and “dot” to allow list, and updated meaning explanation.
• 両手 - added “both arms” as alternative meaning, and updated meaning explanation.
• 全て - added “everything” as alternative meaning, added “every”, “whole”, and “the whole” to allow list, and updated a context sentence.
• 買い物 - updated reading explanation.
• 出来る - added “to be ready” and “to be made” as alternative meanings, added “to be built” “to appear”, “to be finished”, and “to be done” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and replaced two context sentences.
• 下げる - made “to lower something” primary meaning, moved “to lower” and “to hang” to allow list, and updated meaning and reading explanations.
• 上げる - made “to raise something” primary meaning, moved “to raise” and “to lift” to allow list, added “to elevate something” to allow list, and updated meaning and reading explanations.
• 分ける - made “to separate something” primary meaning, added “to divide something”, “to share something”, and “to split something” as alternative meanings, moved “to separate”, “to divide”, “to share” and “to split” to allow list, added “to part something” to allow list, and updated meaning explanation.
• 交ぜる - made “to mix something” primary meaning and update meaning explanation.
• 代える - moved “to replace”, “to substitute”, and “to exchange” to allow list and updated meaning explanation.
• 付ける - made “to attach something” primary meaning and update meaning explanation.
• 開ける - made “to open something” primary meaning, moved “to open” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added ひらける to reading warning list.
• 集める - added “to collect something” primary meaning, added “to gather something” as alternative meaning, moved “to collect”, “to gather”, and “to assemble” to allow list, added “to assemble someone”, “to assemble something”, “to gather someone”, and to allow list, and updated meaning and reading explanations.
• 乗せる - made “to give someone a ride” primary meaning, added “to place something on”, and “to load something” as alternative meanings, moved “to give a ride”, and “to place on” to allow list, added “to give someone a lift”, “to give a ride to someone”, “to give a lift to someone”, “to let someone ride”, “to put on”, and “to put something on” to allow list, and updated meaning explanation.
• 乱す - added “to put something in disorder”, “to throw something out of order”, “to disturb something”, “to put in disarray”, and “to put something in disarray” to allow list, updated meaning and reading explanations, and added two context sentences.
• 並べる - added “to line something up” as primary meaning, added “to put something in order” as alternative meaning, moved “to line up” and “to put in order” to allow list, added “to arrange” and “to arrange something” to allow list, and updated meaning and reading explanations.
• 火星 (かせい) - Mars
• 冥界 (めいかい) - underworld
• 冥土 (めいど) - realm of the dead
• 冥王星 (めいおうせい) - Pluto
• 海王星 (かいおうせい) - moved up to level 7.
• 海 (うみ) - moved up to level 9.
• 星 (ほし) - moved up to level 9.
• 東京都 - added “metro tokyo” to allow list.
• 場面 - added “screen” to block list.
• 洋室 - added “western style food” to block list.
• 四十二階 - added “twenty-second floor” to block list.
• 支度 - added “prostration” to block list.
• 大嫌い - added “detestable” to alternative meanings.
• 屁 - added a reading warning for おなら and updated reading explanation.
• 海魚 - added “ocean bird” and “sea bird” to block list.
• 必ず - added “uncertainty” and “uncertainly” to block list.
• 明るい - updated the meaning explanation and one context sentence.
• 分 - made “part” primary meaning, added “content” as alternative meaning, moved “minute” to allow list, made ぶん primary reading, moved ふん to reading allow list, updated meaning and reading explanations, and replaced two context sentences.
• 〜斤 - added “bread loaves” and “loaves of bread” as alternative meanings
• 正す - added “to correct something” to allow list.
• 切る - added “to cut something” to allow list and updated a context sentence translation.
• 引く - added “to attract” to alternative meanings, added “to pull something”, “to subtract something”, “to attract something” and “minus” to allow list, and updated meaning explanation and a context sentence translation.
• 用いる - added “to utilize something”, “to use something”, and “to make use of something” to allow list, and updated a context sentence.
• 口にする - added “to mention something”, “to say something”, “to eat something”, and “to drink something” to allow list.
• 申す - moved “to humbly say” to allow list, added “to humbly say something”, “to say something humbly”, and “to say something” to allow list, and updated meaning explanation.
• 見る - added “to see something”, and “to look at something” to allow list, and updated meaning explanation.
• 見せる - added “to show something” to allow list.
• 生む - added “to give birth to someone” and “to produce something” to allow list.
• 出す - added “to take something out”, “to take out something”, “to hand something out”, “to hand out something”,“to remove something”, “to turn something in”, “to turn in something”, , “to put something out”, and “to put out something” to allow list.
• 助ける - added “to help someone”, “to help something”, “to save someone”, “to save something”, “to rescue someone”, and “to rescue something” to allow list.
• 挙げる - made “to raise something” primary meaning, added “to cite something” and “to hold something” as alternative meanings, moved “to raise”, “to elevate”, and “to bring up” to allow list, added “to bring up something”, “to bring something up”, “to cite”, “to elevate something”, and “to hold” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
• 木星 (もくせい) - Jupiter
• 〜分 (ふん) - minute
• 飲酒 (いんしゅ) - drinking alcohol
• 飲酒運転 (いんしゅうんてん) - drunk driving
• 勿論 (もちろん) - of course
• 又 (vocabulary) - moved from level 2 up to level 51, because it’s usually written in kana and caused confusion for some beginners.
• 悪女 (12) - this word is very uncommon, and we have a lot of other words to practice these readings of 悪 and 女. If it were to crop up, it would also be easy to figure out the meaning from the kanji.