These are the content changes we made in August 2023.
Radicals
- 保 - Added “protect” to the warning list.
- 享 - Added “receive” as the radical name, moved “sock” to the warning list, and updated the name mnemonic.
- 岡 - Added “mount” and “knob” to the warning list.
- Horns - Added “thorns” to the block list.
- 為 - Added “tame” to the warning list.
- 喜 - Added “congratulations” to the warning list.
Kanji
- 力 - Added “force” and “energy” to the allow list.
- 生 - Added 矢, 失, and 朱 to the visually similar kanji list.
- 牛 - Added 矢, 失, and 朱 to the visually similar kanji list.
- 午 - Added 矢, 失, and 朱 to the visually similar kanji list.
- 平 - Added “ordinary,” “common,” and “plain” to the allow list.
- 行 - Updated the reading mnemonic.
- 館 - Added “hall” to the allow list.
- 容 - Added “contain” to the allow list, and moved “shape” and “figure” to the allow list.
- 沢 - Added “mountain stream,” “glistening,” “luster,” and “brilliance” to the allow list.
- 優 - Added “excel” and “surpass” to the allow list.
- 乳 - Added “breast” and “breasts” to the allow list.
- 規 - Added “measure” to the allow list.
- 供 - Added “submit” and “offer” to the allow list.
- 環 - Added “circle” and “ring” to the allow list.
- 香 - Added “scent” to the allow list.
- 抗 - Added “resist” to the allow list.
- 刑 - Added “punishment” to the allow list.
- 綱 - Changed the meaning to “rope” and moved “cable” to the allow list. Updated the meaning and reading mnemonics, and both hints.
- 崖 - Added がい to the allow list.
- 綱 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 親 - Added “intimacy” as the alternative meaning, and added “kind” and “familiarity” to the allow list.
- 任 - Added “responsibility” to the allow list.
- 護 - Added “protect” to the allow list.
- 演 - Added “play” to the warning list.
- 優 - Added “excellent” to the allow list.
- 莫 - Moved “greenhouse” to the warning list.
- 構 - Added “posture” and “build” to the allow list.
- 刺 - Added “pierce” to the allow list.
- 享 - Added “accept” to the allow list.
- 親 - Updated the meaning and reading mnemonics and hints.
- 繋 - Added 撃 to the visually similar kanji list.
- 省 - Added “omit” to the allow list.
- 派 - Added “party” to the warning list.
- 岡 - Added “mount” and “knob” to the warning list.
- 観 - Added “look” and “watch” to the allow list.
- 応 - Added “apply,” “ok,” “okay,” and “accept” to the allow list.
- 張 - Added “spread” to the allow list.
- 極 - Added “pole” to the warning list.
- 惑 - Added “perplexity” and “perplexed” to the allow list.
- 攻 - Updated the reading mnemonic hint.
- 冷 - Updated the reading mnemonic hint.
- 熟 - Updated the meaning and reading mnemonics and hints.
- 描 - Added “paint” to the allow list.
- 謙 - Added “humble” to the allow list.
- 塾 - Updated the meaning and reading mnemonics and hints.
- 墳 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, and updated the reading mnemonic and its hint.
- 噴 - Updated the reading mnemonic hint.
- 郭 - Updated the meaning and reading mnemonics and hints.
- 憤 - Updated the reading mnemonic hint.
- 享 - Updated the meaning and reading mnemonics and hints.
- 行 - Updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
- 家 - Added “professional” and “expert” to the allow list, and added “performer” to the warning list.
- 公 - Updated the reading mnemonic hint.
- 冒 - Added “dark” to the block list.
- 省 - Added “ministry” to the allow list.
- 授 - Added “teach”, “grant”, and “confer” to the allow list.
- 昭 - Added “bright” and “shine” to the allow list.
- 慎 - Added “discreet”, “prudent”, and “careful” to the allow list.
- 表 - Updated the reading mnemonic.
- 繋 - Added 緊 to the visually similar kanji list.
- 妨 - Added “construct” to the block list.
- 迷 - Added “be perplexed,” “perplexed,” and “perplexity” to the warning list.
- 久 - Added “long ago” to the warning list.
- 込 - Added “into” as the primary meaning, added “included” as the alternative meaning, moved “crowded” to the warning list, updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
- 掲 - Added “put up” to the warning list.
- 准 - Added “ratify” as the alternative meaning, and added “quasi,” “allow,” “grant,” and “permit” to the allow list.
- 漣 - Removed らん from the on’yomi reading.
Vocabulary
- 分かる - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 不足 - Added “inefficient” to the block list.
- 代わる - Moved “to substitute,” “to be replaced,” “to be substituted for” to the allow list.
- 立てる - Added “to add something” to the block list.
- 全力 - Added “full strength” to the allow list.
- 直る - Added “to be repaired” to the allow list.
- 楽しい - Added “enjoyable” to the allow list.
- 〜道 - Added みち to the warning list.
- 受ける - Updated alternative meanings, and the meaning explanation.
- 最高 - Moved “most” and “the most” to the allow list, and added “the highest” and “highest” to the allow list.
- 落ち - Added “end result” to the allow list.
- 幸運 - Updated one context sentence.
- 外側 - Added “outer side” and “exterior” as alternative meanings.
- 察する - Added “to infer” as an alternative meaning, and added “to infer something,” “to perceive,” “to perceive something,” “to intuit,” and “to intuit something” to the allow list.
- 干す - Added “to hang dry something” as an alternative meaning, and added “to hang dry” to the allow list.
- 干渉 - Added “meddling” to the allow list.
- 総体的 - Added “general” ad “generally” to the allow list.
- 変態 - Removed one context sentence and splitted one context sentence into two separate sentences.
- 提出 - Added “submitting” to the allow list.
- 示す - Added “to display” and “to display something” to the allow list.
- 各地 - Added “every place” and “every area” to the allow list.
- 各自 - Added “each one” to the warning list.
- 了解 - Added “understood” to the allow list.
- 加わる - Added “to increase” to the warning list.
- 収まる - Added “to be settled” to the allow list.
- 営業中 - Added “open” to the warning list.
- 援助する - Added “to support” and “to help” to the allow list.
- 光景 - Added “scenery” to the warning list.
- 怒る - Added いかる to the warning list.
- 催促 - Added “urging,” “pressing for,” and “demanding” to the allow list.
- 不適 - Added “improper,” “unfit,” “not good” to the allow list.
- 装置 - Added “installation” to the allow list.
- 免税 - Added “duty-free” and “tax-free” to the allow list and added “tax deduction” to the warning list.
- 芋 - Added patterns of uses and two new context sentences.
- じゃが芋 - Added patterns of uses, updated a context sentence and its translation, and added two new context sentences.
- 焼き芋 - Moved “roast sweet potato” to the allow list, made “roasted sweet potato” an alternative meaning, updated the meaning explanation, added two new context sentences, and added patterns of uses.
- 傷める - Added “to harm” and “to harm something” to the warning list.
- 連盟 - Added “union” and “alliance” to the allow list.
- 船酔い - Added “sea sick” and “seasick” to the allow list.
- 委託 - Added “to harm” and “to harm something” to the warning list.
- 拒否 - Added “denial,” “veto,” “refuse,” “reject,” “refusing,” “rejecting,” “turn down,” “turning down,” “decline,” “declining,” “deny,” “denying,” “vetoing,” to the allow list.
- 充電 - Added “charge,” “charging,” and “recharging” to the allow list.
- 綱引き - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 横綱 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 諒一郎 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- テーブルの上 - Added “under the table” to the block list.
- 休止 - Added “hiatus” to the allow list.
- 他人 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 近年 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 近日 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 同日 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 仕草 - Moved “gesture” to the primary meaning and moved “action” to the alternative meaning and updated the meaning explanation.
- 分ける - Added “to share” and “to classify” as the alternative meaning, moved “to share something” and “to split something” to the allow list, added “to classify something” and “to sort out” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 引き分け - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 見分ける - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 地 - Added “earth’s surface” to the allow list.
- 失う - Added “to blame” to the block list.
- 起こす - Added “to move something” to the block list.
- 毎晩 - Added “every evening” to the allow list.
- 反応 - Moved はんおう to the warning list and updated the reading explanation.
- 各自 - Added “everyone” and “every person” to the allow list.
- 昼寝 - Added “siesta” to the allow list.
- 武器 - Added “arms” to the allow list.
- 効く - Added “to be efficient” to the warning list.
- 抜く - Added “to omit” to the warning list.
- 投票する - Added “to ballot,” “to give one’s vote,” and “to give one’s ballot” to the allow list.
- 怪しい - Added “mysterious” to the warning list.
- 大違い - Added “great difference,” “large difference,” and “major difference” to the allow list.
- 怪事件 - Added “mysterious incident” to the allow list.
- 独立 - Removed な adjective and added の adjective, and added “independent,” “self-supporting,” and “self-sufficient” to the allow list.
- 絶景 - Added “picturesque scenery” and “picturesque view” to the allow list.
- 構える - Added “to wield” to the allow list.
- 装置 - Added “installing” and “equipping” to the allow list.
- 暮れる - Added “to grow late” to the warning list, moved “to be lost,” “to run out,” and “to close” to the allow list, and added “to grow dark” to the allow list.
- 降りる - Added “to step down” as an alternative meaning and updated the meaning explanation.
- 遠慮する - Added “to hesitate” and “to hold back” to the allow list and added “to reserve” to the warning list.
- 弁償 - Added “reparation” to the allow list.
- 還元 - Added “give something back” as the primary meaning, moved “return to origins” to the allow list, added “return,” “returning,” “returning to origins,” “returning something to origins,” “reduce,” “reducing,” “back to the origin,” “return something to the origin,” “return to the origin,” “return something to origins,” “give back,” “giving back” and “returning to the origin” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 抑制 - Added “suppression,” “suppress,” “suppressing,” “controlling,” “restrain,” “restraining,” “repress,” and “repressing” to the allow list.
- 奥さん - Added “your wife” and “one’s wife” to the allow list.
- 伸ばす - Added “to prolong” to the warning list.
- 鋭敏 - Added “sharp witted,” “sharp-witted,” “quick-witted,” and “witted” to the allow list.
- 兼ねる - Added “to serve two roles” to the allow list, and moved “to have trouble doing” and “to be unable” to the warning list.
- 兼用 - Added “double use” to the allow list.
- 排水 - Added “sewerage,” “sewage,” “drain,” “draining,” “pump out,” and “pumping out” to the allow list.
- 新鋭 - Added “state-of-the-art” as the alternative meaning, moved “state of the art,” “newly produced,” and “freshly picked” to the allow list, added “bleeding edge,” “bleeding-edge,” and “up and coming” to the allow list.
- 生き甲斐 - Added “reason to live” and “what one lives for” to the allow list.
- 核分裂 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 内緒話 - Added “secret conversation” and “secret talk” to the allow list.
- 軌跡 - Added “track” as the primary meaning, added “trajectory” and “trace” as the alternative meaning moved “tire track” to the allow list, added “mark,” “rut trace,” “tracks,” “locus,” “journey,” “path,” “trail,” and “rut” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, added collocations, removed one context sentence, and added three new context sentences.
- Context sentences updated for Levels 1-10 to avoid using kanji above the vocabulary’s level and to avoid unnatural kana-only or mixed kanji-kana spellings, starting with Level 1 and rolling out over the following month or two.
- 六つ - Updated the reading explanation.
- 生ビール - Added なまビール to the allow list.
- 竹の子 - Updated the meaning explanation and replaced three context sentences with new ones.
- 出す - Updated the reading explanation.
- 外来 - Moved “outpatient” to the primary meaning, moved “imported” to the alternative meaning, added “alien” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 会 - Added “gathering” as the primary meaning, moved “meeting” and “group” to the alternative meaning, moved “assembly” to the allow list, added “get-together,” “convention,” “meetup” and “conference” to the allow list, added “meet” and “congress” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated a context sentence.
- 決 - Added き to the warning list.
- 受験 - Added “passing a test” to the block list.
- 親しい - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 最深 - Removed なadjective from the part of speech, updated the meaning explanation, and replaced three context sentences with new ones.
- 保守的 - Added “conservation” to the block list.
- 薬方 - Replaced two context sentences with new ones.
- 電子機器 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 上述 - Added “the aforementioned,” “aforementioned,” “above stated,” “the above stated,” “earlier stated,” “the earlier stated,” “earlier mentioned,” “the earlier mentioned,” “earlier said,” “the earlier said,” “above said,” and “the earlier said” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 親展 - Updated the meaning explanation, added three new context sentences, and removed one context sentence.
- 触角 - Added “antennae” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 構う - Added “to care,” “to bother,” “to interfere,” “to meddle,” “to look after,” “to take care,” “to take care of,” and “to tease” to the allow list.
- 回復 - Added “recover,” “recovering,” “restore,” “restoring,” and “restoration” to the allow list.
- 刺さる - Added “to get embedded” to the allow list and updated the translation of a context sentence.
- 健忘症 - Added “memory loss” and “forgetfulness” to the allow list.
- 未熟 - Made “immature” as an alternative meaning, moved “unskilled” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 拡がる - Updated the meaning and reading explanation.
- 拝む - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 丼 - Added どん to the warning list.
- 執着 - Moved “attachment” to the allow list and added “adhesion” and “adherence” to the allow list.
- 還元 - Added “return something to its origins,” “returning something to its origins,” “restoration” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, updated the translation of a context sentence, and added common word combinations.
- 傾く - Added “to be inclined,” “to lean,” and “to lean toward” to the allow list.
- 傾ける - Added “to incline” and “to incline something” to the allow list.
- 脅迫 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 脅し - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 剛健 - Added “rigor” and “rigour” to the block list.
- 突貫 - Moved “rush” to the primary meaning, moved “charge” to the allow list, added “rush forth” and “quick” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 田 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 三日月 - Moved “crescent moon” to the primary meaning, moved “new moon” to the alternative meaning, added “crescent” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 気を付けて - Added きおつけて to the warning list.
- 映る - Fixed errors in the pattern of use.
- 人参 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 取材 - Added “gathering material”, “gather material”, “cover an event”, “collecting information”, “collect information”, and “reporting” to the allow list.
- 曜日 - Added “day” to the warning list.
- 〜達 - Added “plural suffix” to the allow list.
- 借用 - Fixed a typo in one context sentence.
- 防水 - Added “water-resistant” to the allow list.
- 各地 - Added “each region”, “every region”, and “various regions” to the allow list.
- 独り - Added “being alone”, “being single”, and “single” to the allow list.
- 騒ぐ - Updated the reading explanation.
- ゆで卵 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 縦横 - Added “length and breadth”, “width and length”, “breadth and length”, and “lengthwise and crosswise” to the allow list.
- 維持 - Added “upkeep”, “maintain”, “keep”, “preservation”, “conservation”, and “sustain” to the allow list.
- 還元 - Added common word combinations.
- 福祉 - Added “social welfare”, “social security”, and “social services” to the allow list.
- 渋滞 - Added “congestion” to the allow list.
- 下げる - Added “to raise” and “to raise something” to the block list.
- 一年生 - Added “freshman” and “first-year student” to the allow list.
- 右手 - Added “left-hand side” to the block list.
- 先々月 - Updated the translation of a context sentence.
- 三日月 - Updated the reading explanation. Added みかずき to the warning list.
- 二斤 - Added “2 loaves,” “2 bread loaves,” and “2 loaves of bread” to the allow list.
- 近々 - Updated the reading explanation. Added ちかじか to the warning list.
- 通り - Added どおり, とうり, どうり to the warning list.
- 去る - Added “to pass” to the allow list.
- 根本 - Added “roof” to the block list.
- 賞金 - Added “prize” to the warning list.
- 行 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 合計 - Added “sum total” to the allow list.
- 美術館 - Updated a context sentence.
- 手洗い - Updated the reading explanation.
- 実際 - Added “real” to the allow list.
- 伝統的 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 現す - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 過ごす - Added “to surpass” to the block list.
- 屈む - Added “to produce” to the block list.
- 込む - Added “to get into” as the primary meaning, added “to go deep into” as the alternative meaning, added “to go into” to the allow list, moved “to be crowded” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 華々しい - Added “glorious,” “splended,” and “spectacular” to the allow list.
- 込める - Added “to load something” as the alternative meaning, moved “to load” to the allow list, added “to put something in” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
- 飛び込み自殺 - Added “suicide by jumping,” “suicide by throwing oneself,” “committing suicide by train,” “committing suicide by throwing oneself,” and “committing suicide by jumping” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
- 詰め込む - Added “to pack,” “to jam,” and “to crowd” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 人込み - Added “a crowd of people” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation and updated the reading explanation.
- 書き込む - Moved “to write in” to the primary meaning, moved “to fill out” to the alternative meaning, added “to jot down” as the alternative meaning, added “to write,” “to fill in,” “to type in,” and “to jot down in” to the allow list, added “to fill” and “to enter” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
- 申し込む - Added “to propose” as the alternative meaning, added “to make a proposal,” “to offer,” “to propose something,” and “to offer something” to the allow list, added “to request,” “to ask for,” “to challenge,” and “to enter” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
- 核実験 - Added “nuclear experiment” to the allow list.
- 恥知らず - Added “shameless” and “unabashed” to the allow list.
- 依頼人 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 還元 - Added three context sentences, added one common word combination, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 踏み込む - Added “to step hard on,” “to intrude,” and “to delve into” as alternative meanings, moved “to rush into” to the allow list, added “to break into,” “to step in,” and “to step hard” to the allow list, moved “to step on” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
- 吹き込む - Added “to breathe into” and “to imbue” as the alternative meaning, added “to infuse,” “to breathe,” “to inspire,” “to blow,” “to blow into,” and “to record” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
- 駆け込む - Added “to run into,” “to seek safety,” “to seek help,” “to take refuge,” “to rush in,” “to hurry in,” and “to run in” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
- 首班 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 殴り込み - Added “make a raid,” “making a raid,” “raiding,” “attack,” “assault,” “attacking,” and “assaulting” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.