These are the content changes we made in August 2022.
Kanji
- 隆 - Added “prosper” to the allow list.
- 氷 - Added “rice” to the block list.
- 乱 - Added “disorder” as an alternative meaning and updated the meaning explanation.
- 詩 - Added “poetry” to the allow list.
- 応 - Added “reply” and “answer” to the allow list.
- 災 - Added “calamity” to the allow list.
- 達 - Added “reach” to the allow list.
- 閥 - Added “faction” to the allow list
- 統 - Added “rule” and “govern” as alternative meanings, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the meaning hint.
- 作 - Updated the reading mnemonic and reading hint.
- 駒 - Added “game piece” and “board game piece” to the allow list.
- 得 - Added “gain” to the allow list.
- 原 - Added “meadow” to the allow list.
- 急 - Added “sudden” as an alternative meaning and updated the meaning explanation.
Vocabulary
- 仮称 - Added “call temporarily”, “name temporarily”, “call tentatively” and “name tentatively” to the allow list, and added two context sentences.
- 氷 - Added “rice” to the block list.
- 奥 - Added “depths”, “the depths”, “back”, “the back” and “recesses” to the allow list, and added two context sentences.
- 雌花 - Fixed context sentence translation.
- 人情 - Changed primary meaning to “human feelings”, made “humanity” an alternative meaning, and added to the meaning explanation.
- 折角 - Added “precious” to the allow list.
- 例えば - Added “supposing that” as an alternative meaning and updated the meaning explanation.
- 回忌 - Updated the meaning explanation and updated one context sentence.
- 大事 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 大学 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 大役 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 私大 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 大した - Updated the reading explanation.
- 兵糧 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 協会 - Changed primary meaning to “association”, added “society” as an alternative meaning, moved “union” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and replaced a context sentence.
- 料理 - Added “dish” as an alternative meaning, added “meal” to the allow list, moved “cookery” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 残念 - Added “regrettable” and “disappointing” as alternative meanings.
- 気持ち悪い - Added “repulsive” and “creepy” to the allow list.
- 紛れ - Made まぐれ the primary reading, moving まぎれ to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
- 総合 - Made “synthesis” an alternative meaning, added “total” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 予告 - Added “trailer” and “preview” as alternative meanings, moved “forward notice” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 右 - Added “left direction” to the block list.
- 左 - Added “right direction” to the block list.
- 失恋 - Added “unrequited love” as an alternative meaning and updated the meaning explanation.
- 面倒 - Added “bother” to the allow list.
- 面倒臭い - Added “bothersome” to the allow list.
- 汽船 - Added “steamer” to the allow list.
- 禁煙 - Added “smoking prohibited” and “smoking forbidden” to the allow list.
- 是非 - Added “certainly” to the allow list.
- 無名 - Added “unknown” as an alternative meaning, added “obscure” and “not famous” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 絡む - Added “to get involved with”, “to get involved in” and “to be involved in” to the allow list.
- 建設 - Added “establishment” as an alternative meaning, updated the meaning explanation, and added two new context sentences.
- 夕焼け - Added “evening glow” as an alternative meaning, added “afterglow” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 猫舌 - Added “dislike of hot foods” and “inability to take hot foods” to the allow list.
- 機嫌 - Added “temper” as an alternative meaning.
- 嫌 - Added “disagreeable” and “unpleasant” to the allow list.
- 坊主 - Moved “shaved head” and “close-cropped hair” from the allow list to alternative meanings.
- 大統領 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 統帥 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 回転ずし - Added “running sushi” to the allow list.
- 大気 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 大作 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 養子 - Added “adoptee” to the allow list.
- 偶然 - Added “coincidence” as an alternative meaning, added “chance”, “coincidentally” and “incidentally” to the allow list, added “adverb” as a word type, updated the meaning explanation, and added two new context sentences.
- 立てる - Added “to stand” to the block list.
- 駒 - Added “game piece” as an alternative meaning, added “board game piece” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 正直 - Added “dishonest” to the block list.
- 一月 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 二月 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 四月 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 五月 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 六月 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 万人 - Added “ten thousand people” to the meaning warning list, and added まんにん to the reading warning list.
- 芸能界 - Made “show business” the primary meaning, moved “showbusiness” and “showbiz” to the allow list, added “entertainment industry” as an alternative meaning, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 急死 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 急に - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 急 - Made “sudden” the primary meaning, made “urgent” an alternative meaning, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 急増 - Moved “increase suddenly” to the allow list, made “surge” an alternative meaning, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 電子機器 - Added “electronic device” as a primary meaning, made “electronic equipment” an alternative meaning, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 幻覚 - Added “illusion” to the allow list.
- 夢中 - Added “absorbed in” to the allow list.
- 喜び - Moved “rejoicing”, “congratulations”, “gratification”, “satisfaction”, and “pleasure” from alternative meanings to the allow list.
- 方法 - Added “means”, “technique”, and “manner” to the allow list.
- 脱線 - Added “deviation” to the allow list.
- 総合 - Added “combination”, “integration”, “putting together”, “combined”, and “integrated” to the allow list.
- 立てる - Moved “to stand” from the block list to the warning list.
- 事情 - Added “reaction” to the block list.
- 果敢 - Added “daring” as an alternative meaning.
- 申し申し - Added “phone hello” to the allow list.
- 区分 - Added “section” as an alternative meaning, added “partition” to the allow list, and updated context sentence translation.
- 特技 - Added “special ability” to the allow list.
- 植える - Added “to fix something” to the block list.
- 反省 - Added “election” to the block list.
- 行う - Added “to hold” to the allow list and replaced all three context sentences.
- 流行語 - Added “vogue word” to the allow list.
- 納まる - (35) - Added “to be stored” to the block list.