These are the content changes we made in December 2023.
Kanji
- 北 - Changed the radical components from “手 and ヒ” to “冫, |, and ヒ,” updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
- 談 - Updated the primary meaning to “talk,” updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
- 式 - Updated reading mnemonic and hint.
- 識 - Updated reading mnemonic and hint.
- 紫 - Added “violet,” “purple color,” “purple colour,” “color purple,” “colour purple,” “violet color,” “violet colour,” “color violet,” and “colour violet” to the allow list.
- 就 - Added “get a position” as the primary meaning, added “accomplish,” “achieve,” “get a job,” “take a position,” “take a job,” “find a job,” “take up” to the allow list, moved “settle in” and “settle” to the warning list, updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
- 織 - Updated reading mnemonic and hint.
- 匂 - Moved “smell” to the primary meaning, moved “scent” to the alternative meaning, moved “fragrance” to the allow list, added “stench” to the allow list, updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
- 紅 - Added “dark red,” “deep red color,” “deep red colour,” “color deep red,” “colour deep red,” “dark red color,” “dark red colour,” “color dark red,” “colour dark red,” “crimson color,” “crimson colour,” “color crimson,” “colour crimson,” and “rouge” to the allow list, and added “lipstick” to the warning list.
- 敷 - Updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
- 茜 - Added “madder” as the alternative meaning, and added “madder plant” to the allow list.
- 靖 - Removed じょう as an on’yomi reading.
- 角 - Updated the meaning mnemonic.
- 娘 - Moved じょう to the warning list.
- 珍 - Added “unusual” and “atypical” to the allow list, and added “curious,” “abnormal,” “atypical,” “weird,” “odd,” “unique,” “off-key,” “eccentric,” “offbeat,” “strange,” “quirky,” “funny,” and “peculiar” to the warning list.
- 少 - Updated the reading mnemonic hint.
- 情 - Changed the kun’yomi reading from なさけ to なさ and updated the meaning mnemonic.
- 晴 - Added “clear weather” to the allow list.
- 宮 - Added ぐう as the on’yomi reading.
- 尊 - Added “precious” to the allow list.
- 阜 - Added “hill” to the allow list.
- 衝 - Added “collision” to the allow list.
- 滑 - Added “slip” to the allow list.
- 裂 - Added 堕 as the visually similar kanji.
- 狩 - Added “hunting” to the allow list.
- 帝 - Added “emperor” to the allow list.
- 墜 - Added 製 as the visually similar kanji.
- 扇 - Added “fan” to the allow list.
- 辱 - Added “humiliation” to the allow list.
- 憶 - Added “remember” to the allow list.
- 輝 - Added “shine” to the allow list.
- 耐 - Added “enduring” to the allow list, and added “proof” to the warning list.
- 刈 - Added “cut,” “trim,” and “mow” to the allow list.
- 繁 - Added “frequent” and “frequency” to the allow list.
- 紛 - Added “divert” to the allow list.
- 簿 - Added “register” and “registry book” to the allow list.
- 漫 - Updated the reading mnemonic hint.
Vocabulary
- 先生 - Updated translations of common word combinations.
- 古来 - Added “from ancient times” as the primary meaning, added “age-old” as the alternative meaning, moved “ancient” to the allow list, added “from old times,” “time-honored,” “ancient times,” “since ancient times,” and “time-honoured” to the allow list, added “traditional” and “old” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 東方 - Added “southern direction” to the block list.
- 私立 - Added わたくしりつ to the warning list, and updated the reading explanation.
- 向く - Added “transitive verb” to the word type, moved “to turn toward” to the primary meaning, moved “to face” to the alternative meaning, added “to be suitable” as the alternative meaning, added “to suit,” “to be suited,” “to be suitable for,” “to be fit,” “to be fit for” and “to turn towards” to the allow list, added “to turn,” “to look,” “to look at,” “to look out on,” and “to feel like” to the warning list, and updated the reading explanation.
- 未来 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 身 - Added “animal flesh” as an alternative meaning, added “self,” “social standing,” and “position” to the allow list, and updated meaning explanation.
- 私立大学 - Added わたくしりつだいがく to the warning list.
- 相談 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 対談 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 集める - Removed one context sentence.
- 心配 - Moved “uneasiness,” “fear,” “anxious,” “anxiousness,” “care,” and “anxiety” to the warning list.
- 心配する - Added “to fear,” “to feel uneasy,” and “to feel uneasy about” to the warning list.
- 会 - Updated one collocation, removed one collocation, added seven collocations, removed one context sentence, and added one context sentence.
- 大会 - Removed one collocation, added five collocations, added “rally,” “big meeting,” and “mass meeting” to the allow list, moved “race” to the warning list, and added “meeting” and “meet” to the warning list.
- 知り合い - Updated the translation of one context sentence.
- 冗談 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 臭い - Added “odour” to the warning list.
- 紫 - Added “violet” as the alternative meaning, added “purple color,” “purple colour,” “color purple,” “colour purple,” “violet color,” “violet colour,” “color violet,” and “colour violet” to the allow list, and added “gromwell” to the warning list.
- 紫色 - Moved “violet” as the alternative meaning, and added “purple color,” “purple colour,” “color purple,” “colour purple,” “violet color,” “violet colour,” “color violet,” and “colour violet” to the allow list.
- 抜く - Added “to pull something out” as the alternative meaning, moved “to pull out” to the allow list, added “to draw out,” “to unplug,” “to pull out,” “to extract something,” “to pluck something,” “to draw something out,” “to unplug something,” “to pull out something,” “to draw out something” to the allow list, added “to remove,” “to take,” “to take out,” “to pull,” “to let,” “to let out,” “to push,” “to draw,” “let the air out,” “letting the air out,” “to drain,” “to drain the water,” “to overtake,” “to push through,” “to exclude,” “to surpass,” “to pull through,” and “to air out” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 地 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 突然 - Added one context sentence.
- 怪談 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 早退 - Added “leaving early” to the allow list.
- 限定販売 - Added “exclusive sale” as the primary meaning, added “limited offer” and “sell exclusively” as the alternative meaning, added “limited edition sale,” “limited time offer,” “limited quantity sale,” “limited sale,” “exclusive offer,” and “selling exclusively” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, updated the translation of one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
- 就職 - Moved “finding a job” and “accepting a job” to the allow list, added “find employment,” “get a job,” “find a job,” “get work,” “getting work,” “find work,” “finding work,” “get a position,” “getting a position,” “get employed,” “getting employed,” “be employed,” “being employed,” “having a job,” and “have a job”to the allow list, added “find employee” to the block list, added “job,” “work,” and “employment” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 就業 - Added “working” as the primary meaning, added “being employed” and “being at work” as the alternative meaning, moved “employment” to the allow list, added “be employed,” “be at work,” “be working,” “being working,” “start work,” and “start working” to the allow list, added “work” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 就く - Added “to get a position” as the primary meaning, added “to get a job” as the alternative meaning, moved “to take a seat” and “to take a position” to the allow list, added “to be employed,” “to find a job,” “to find employment,” “to have a position,” “to hold a position,” “to have a job,” and “to take up” to the allow list, moved “to settle in” to the warning list, added “to take,” “to get,” “to hold,” “to have,” “to enter,” “to follow,” “to come to,” “to become,” “to go into,” “to mount,” “to ascend,” “to study,” “to study under,” and “to take lessons” to the warning list, updated the translation of a context sentence, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
- 抜ける - Moved “to come out” to the primary meaning, moved “to be extracted” to the allow list, moved “to be missing,” “to leave,” and “to be omitted” to the warning list, added “to miss,” “to walk through,” “to drive through,” “to be deflated,” “to get out of,” “to get out,” and “to pass through” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 迷路 - Added “labyrinth” to the allow list.
- 段々 - Added “by degrees,” “little by little,” “bit by bit,” “more and more,” “increasingly,” and “step by step” to the allow list, added “stairs” to the warning list, and added きざきざ, ぎざぎざ, and きだきだ to the warning list.
- 暇 - Added いとま to the warning list.
- 圧迫 - Added “oppression” as the alternative meaning, added “suppression,” “oppress,” “oppressing,” “suppress,” and “suppressing” to the allow list, and added “worsen,” “worsening,” “affect,” and “affecting” to the warning list.
- 階段 - Added “steps” and “staircase” to the allow list, and added “ladder” to the warning list.
- 昇給 - Added “getting a raise” as the alternative meaning, moved “salary raise” and “raise” to the allow list, added “rise,” “getting a rise,” “get a rise,” “get a raise,” “wage raise,” “wage rise,” “pay increase,” “salary increase,” “wage increase,” “raise in pay,” “rise in pay,” “raise in salary,” “rise in salary,” “raise in one’s pay,” “rise in one’s pay,” “raise in one’s salary,” “rise in one’s salary,” “get a pay raise,” “getting a pay raise,” “get a pay rise,” and “getting a pay rise” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 健康 - Added “healthy” as the alternative meaning, added “well-being” and “good health” to the allow list, and added “well,” “fit,” “sound,” “fine,” and “robust” to the warning list.
- 退屈 - Added “tedious” as the alternative meaning, moved “tedium” to the allow list, and added “tediousness,” “dull,” “monotonous,” “get bored,” “getting bored,” “be bored,” “being bored,” and “tiresome” to the allow list.
- 頭痛 - Added “pain in the head” to the allow list, and added あたまいた to the warning list.
- 〜症 - Added “syndrome” as the alternative meaning, moved “sickness” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 靴屋 - Added “shoemaker’s shop” as the alternative meaning, added “shoemaker” to the allow list, and added “boot shop” to the warning list.
- 極楽 - Added “heaven,” “pure land,” “Buddhist paradise,” and “Buddhist pure land” to the allow list, and added “heavenly” to the warning list.
- 怒る - Added “to be angry” and “to be mad” to the allow list, and added “to get upset,” “to be upset,” “to get furious,” and “to be furious” to the warning list.
- 供給 - Added “supplying” as the alternative meaning, added “provide,” “providing,” “give,” “giving,” “furnish,” and “furnishing” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 靴下 - Added “sock” to the allow list, and added “stockings,” “stocking,” and “pantyhose” to the warning list.
- 値段 - Added “value” to the warning list.
- 症状 - Added “condition” to the warning list.
- 極端 - Added “extremely,” “excessive,” and “excessively” to the warning list.
- 春巻き - Added “spring roll,” “egg roll,” and “egg rolls” to the allow list, and added “summer roll,” “summer rolls,” “salad roll,” “salad rolls,” “Vietnamese salad rolls,” and “Vietnamese salad roll” to the warning list.
- 迷子 - Added “stray animal” as the alternative meaning, moved “lost kid” to the allow list, and added “lost animal,” “stray kid,” “stray child,” and “stray person” to the allow list.
- 悪影響 - Added “negative impact” and “harmful effect” to the alternative meaning, moved “evil influence” to the allow list, added “bad effect,” “negative effect,” “harmful” and “evil effect” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 居酒屋 - Added “izakaya restaurant,” “Japanese style pub,” “Japanese style tavern” to the allow list, and added “pub,” “bar,” “tavern,” and “diner” to the warning list.
- 巻きずし - Added “nori-roll sushi” and “maki sushi” to the allow list, and added “maki” to the warning list.
- 悩む - Added “to be worried” and “to suffer” to the allow list, and added “to be annoyed” and “to be bothered” to the allow list.
- 悩み - Moved “worry” and “trouble” to the allow list, added “distress” to the allow list, added “annoyance,” “an annoyance,” “problem,” and “pain” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 南極 - Added “antarctic” and “antarctic pole” to the allow list.
- 匂う - Added “to smell” as the primary meaning, added “to smell bad” as the alternative meaning, moved “to be fragrant” and “to smell good” to the warning list, added “to stink,” “to have a scent,” and “can smell” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, removed two context sentences, and added two context sentences.
- 匂い - Moved “smell” to the primary meaning, moved “scent” to the alternative meaning, moved “fragrance” to the allow list, added “stench” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated two context sentences.
- 灰色 - Added “color gray” and “colour grey” to the allow list, and added “cloudy,” “dreary,” and “dismal” to the warning list.
- 将来 - Added “outlook,” “prospects,” “prospective,” “in the future,” and “in future” to the allow list, added “promise,” “someday,” and “one day” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 紅 - Moved “lipstick” and “dark red” to the allow list, and added “color deep red,” “colour deep red,” “deep red color,” “deep red colour,” “color dark red,” “colour dark red,” “dark red color,” “dark red colour,” “color crimson,” “colour crimson,” “crimson color,” and “crimson colour” to the allow list.
- 嬉々 - Added “state of enjoyment” as the primary meaning, added “joyful state” as the alternative meaning, moved “happily,” “joyfully,” and “merrily” to the allow list, added “gladly” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 放棄 - Moved “abandonment” to the primary meaning, moved “resignation” to the warning list, added “abandoning” and “relinquishing” as the alternative meaning, added “abandon,” “relinquish,” “renunciation,” “relinquishment,” and “renounce” to the allow list, and added “give up,” “giving up,” “let go,” “letting go,” “neglect,” “neglecting,” “forfeited,” “forfeit,” “surrender,” “surrendering,” “waiving,” “waive,” “forsake,” and “forsaking” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 投棄 - Added “dumping” as the primary meaning, added “throwing away” as the alternative meaning, moved “abandonment” to the warning list, added “dump,” “throw away,” “cast away,” “casting away,” “refuse dump,” “waste disposal,” “dispose,” “disposing,” “dispose of,” “disposing of,” “getting rid of,” and “get rid of” to the allow list, added “abandon” and “abandoning” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 廃棄 - Moved “disposal” to the primary meaning, added “disposing” and “scrapping” as the alternative meaning, moved “annulment” to the warning list, added “dispose,” “scrap,” “discard,” “discarding,” “throw away,” “throwing away,” “get rid of,” “getting rid of,” “disposing of,” and “waste disposal” to the allow list, added “abandon,” “abandoning,” “abrogate,” “abrogating,” “waste” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 祝儀 - Added “congratulatory gift” as the primary meaning, added “congratulatory money” as the alternative meaning, moved “celebration” and “congratulations” to the warning list, added “congratulatory present,” “monetary gift,” “celebratory gift,” “celebratory money,” “celebratory present,” and “celebratory monetary gift” to the allow list, added “tip,” “gratuity,” “wedding,” “happy occasions,” “happy occasion,” “gift,” “present,” and “money” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 懇談 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 鈍感 - Added “insensitive” as the primary meaning, added “obtuse” as the alternative meaning, added “not susceptible,” “not sensitive,” “thick-skinned,” “obtuseness,” “obtusity,” “imperviousness,” “impervious,” “impervious to,” “dull,” to the allow list, moved “insensitivity” to the allow list, moved “thickheadedness” to the warning list, added “dumbheadedness,” “dumbhead,” “dumb-headed,” “thickheaded,” and “dumb” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 揚げ出し - Updated the meaning explanation, and added “agedashi” as an alternative meaning.
- お嬢さん - Added “your daughter,” “his daughter,” “her daughter,” and “their daughter” to the allow list, added “madam” and “ma’am” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
- 虹色 - Added “rainbow color,” “rainbow colour,” “color rainbow,” and “colour rainbow” to the allow list.
- 茨 - Updated the context sentence.
- 茜色 - Moved “madder red” to the primary meaning, moved “crimson” to the alternative meaning, added “deep red,” “madder red color,” “madder red colour,” “color madder red,” “colour madder red,” “dark red color,” “dark red colour,” “color dark red,” “colour dark red,” “deep red color,” “deep red colour,” “color deep red,” “colour deep red,” “crimson color,” “crimson colour,” “color crimson,” “colour crimson,” “madder color,” “madder colour,” “color madder,” “colour madder,” “rose madder,” “rose madder color,” “rose madder colour,” “color rose madder,” and “colour rose madder” to the allow list, updated the translation of one context sentence, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 六日 - Added “ninth day” to the block list.
- 取る - Added eleven common word combinations.
- 取れる - Added eight common word combinations.
- 僧院 - Moved “monastery” to the primary meaning, moved “temple” to the alternative meaning, added “ashram” and “convent” to the allow list, added “temple school” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 雨戸 - Moved “sliding storm shutter” to the alternative meaning, added “shutters,” “sliding shutter,” “sliding shutters,” “sliding storm shutters,” “storm shutter,” “storm shutters,” “hurricane shutter,” “hurricane shutters,” “sliding hurricane shutter,” and “sliding hurricane shutters” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 頑張る - Added “to hang in” to the allow list.
- 係わる - Added three common word combinations.
- 怪談 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 届ける - Added “to report,” “to notify,” and “to register” to the warning list.
- 残品 - Updated a common word combination translation.
- 第一段 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 組織 - Added “organize,” “organizing,” “organise,” and “organising” to the allow list, and added “tissue,” “system,” “syndicate,” “systematize,” “systematizing,” “organisational,” and “organizational” to the warning list.
- 両替 - Moved “change money” to the primary meaning, moved “money exchange” to the alternative meaning, added “make change,” “making change,” “give change,” “giving change,” “get change,” “getting change,” “make change for,” “making change for,” “give change for,” “giving change for,” “get change for,” and “getting change for” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 昇進 - Added “rise in rank,” “be promoted,” “being promoted,” “get promoted,” “getting promoted,” “get promotion,” “get a promotion,” “getting promotion,” “getting a promotion,” “gain promotion,” “gaining promotion,” “gain a promotion,” “gaining a promotion,” “win promotion,” “winning promotion,” “win a promotion,” “winning a promotion,” and “rising in rank” to the allow list, added “advancement,” “advance,” and “advancing” to the warning list, and removed のadjective from the word type.
- 昇る - Added “to rise” as the alternative meaning, added “to go up” and “to come up” to the allow list, added “to climb,” “to climb up,” “to step,” “to step up,” “to mount,” “to be promoted,” “to get promoted,” and “to become” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 怒鳴る - Added “to yell” and “to shout” to the allow list, and added “to bark,” “to bark at,” “to roar,” “to roar at,” and “to complain” to the warning list.
- 誘惑 - Added “tempting,” “luring,” “enticing,” and “seducing” to the allow list.
- 居間 - Moved “parlor” and “parlour” to the allow list, added “family room” to the allow list, and added “den” to the warning list.
- 先端 - Added “pint,” “end,” and “the end” to the allow list, and added “high” to the warning list.
- 手掛かり - Added “track,” “key,” and “scent” to the allow list.
- 貸す - Added “to loan” and “to rent out” to the allow list, and added “to let,” “to let out,” “to hire,” “to hire out,” “to help,” “to give,” and “to use” to the warning list.
- 訪ねる - Added “to pay a visit,” “to call on,” “to call at,” “to come over,” “to drop in,” “to drop by,” “to come to see,” and “to go to see” to the allow list, and added “to explore,” “to call,” “to come,” “to go,” and “to look up” to the warning list.
- 休暇 - Added “vacation” to the allow list, and added “leave” and “break” to the warning list.
- 誘う - Added “to lure,” “to lure someone,” “to seduce,” “to seduce someone,” “to ask out,” and “to ask someone out” to the allow list, and added “to call for,” “to come for,” “to induce,” “to pick up,” “to pick someone up,” “to tease,” and “to tease someone” to the warning list.
- 招待する - Added “to invite someone,” “to summon someone,” and “to have someone over” to the allow list, and added “to ask” and “to ask someone” to the warning list.
- 逮捕する - Added “To round someone up,” “to place someone under arrest,” “to place under arrest,” “to put someone under arrest,” “to put under arrest,” “to catch,” “to catch someone,” “to capture someone,” “to arrest someone,” and “to apprehend someone” to the allow list, and added “to round up” to the warning list.
- 両替 - Added “change money,” “exchanging,” “changing money,” “exchanging money,” “making change,” “exchange currency,” “exchanging currency,” “break a bill,” “breaking a bill,” “change a bill,” and “changing a bill” to the allow list, and added “change” and “changing” to the warning list.
- 大規模 - Added “grand scale,” “large in scale,” and “extensive” to the allow list, added “major,” “massive,” “large,” and “great” to the warning list.
- 究極 - Added “final” to the warning list.
- 不眠症 - Added “sleeplessness” and “sleepless” to the allow list.
- 切腹 - Added “harakiri,” “commit harakiri,” “committing harakiri,” “commit seppuku,” “committing seppuku,” “commit ritual suicide,” and “committing ritual suicide” to the allow list
- 迷う - Added “to be torn” and “to get torn” to the warning list.
- 着替え - Added “spare clothes” as the alternative meaning, and added “changing clothing,” “change one’s clothes,” and “changing one’s clothes” to the allow list, added “changing,” “change into,” and “changing into” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 掛かる - Added “to hang over,” “to dangle,” “to be dangled,” “to get dangled,” “to get suspended,” and “to be suspended” to the allow list.
- 給料 - Moved “net pay,” “base wages,” and “base salary” to the allow list, added “gross pay,” “wage” and “earnings” to the allow list, and added “allowance” to the warning list.
- 迫害 - Added “persecute,” “persecuting,” “oppress,” and “oppressing” to the allow list.
- 詰め込む - Added “to stuff into” and “to cram into” to the allow list.
- 珍〜 - The subject has been changed from 珍 to 珍〜, changed the word type to “prefix,” added “unusual” as the primary meaning, moved “rare” to the alternative meaning, added “peculiar” as the alternative meaning, moved “curious” to the alternative meaning, added “abnormal,” “atypical,” “weird,” “odd,” “unique,” “off-key,” “eccentric,” “offbeat,” “strange,” and “quirky” to the allow list, added “funny” to the warning list, removed one context sentence, added three context sentences, added collocations, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 焦る - Added “to be patient” to the block list.
- 鈍感 - Moved “thickheaded” to the alternative meaning, moved “thickheadedness” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 上唇 - Moved じょうしん to the warning list.
- 凝る - Moved “to be devoted to” to the allow list, and added “to be devoted to,” “to be crazy about,” “to be into,” “to be particular about,” “to be elaborate,” “to get stiff,” “to become stiff” to the allow list.
- 人々 - Moved “everybody” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 白 - Added “white color,” “white colour,” “color white,” and “colour white” to the allow list.
- 赤 - Added “red color,” “red colour,” “color red,” and “colour red” to the allow list.
- 水色 - Moved “sky blue color,” “light blue color,” and “aqua blue color” to the allow list, and added “color sky blue,” “colour sky blue,” “color light blue,” “colour light blue,” “colour aqua blue,” “color aqua blue,” “color aqua,” “colour aqua,” “color sky,” “colour sky,” “color pale blue,” and “colour pale blue” to the allow list.
- 止まる - Updated the reading explanation.
- 金 - Added “gold color,” “gold colour,” “gold white,” and “gold white” to the allow list, and added こがね and こん to the warning list.
- ない - Added “no” to the warning list.
- 土地 - Added “piece of land” as the alternative meaning, added “property,” “estate,” “plot,” “lot,” “ground,” “soil,” “place,” “locality,” and “region” to the warning list.
- 教える - Added “to instruct” and “to educate” to the allow list.
- 向ける - Added “to aim for” to the warning list.
- 決心 - Updated the translation of a context sentence.
- 緑 - Added “green color,” “green colour,” “color green,” and “colour green” to the allow list.
- 銀 - Added “silver color,” “silver colour,” “color silver,” and “colour silver” to the allow list.
- 晴れる - Fixed a typo in one common word combination.
- 得 - Added う and え to the warning list, and removed one collocation.
- 暴れる - Added “to be violent,” “to rampage,” “to riot,” “to romp about,” “to act rowdy,” and “to become violent” to the allow list, and added “to run about,” “to struggle,” “to act wild,” “to be unruly,” “to become unruly,” and “to run about wildly” to the warning list.
- 埋まる - Added うずまる to the warning list.
- 武器 - Added “arts” to the block list.
- 渡す - Added “to hand,” “to hand something,” “to pass down,” “to pass down something,” and “to pass something down,” to the allow list, and moved “to surrender” to the warning list.
- 独創 - Added “original idea” to the allow list, and added “original” to the warning list.
- 刺激 - Added “simulation” to the warning list.
- 造園 - Added “gardening” to the warning list.
- 中途半端 - Added “unfinished,” “undone,” “incomplete,” “halfway,” and “halfhearted” to the allow list, and added “indecisive” and “lukewarm” to the warning list.
- 減給 - Added “cut in salary,” “cut one’s pay,” “cutting one’s pay,” “reduce salaries,” “reducing salaries,” “reduce wages,” “reducing wages,” “cut pay,” and “cutting pay” to the allow list.
- 屈む - Added くぐむ and こごむ to the warning list.
- 手渡す - Added “to hand,” “to hand over something,” “to hand something over,” “to hand-deliver,” “to hand-deliver something,” and “to hand something” to the allow list, and moved “to surrender” to the warning list.
- 引退 - Added “withdraw from public life” to the allow list, and added “quit,” “quitting,” and “farewell” to the warning list.
- 統一 - Added “consistency” to the allow list, and added “concentration” to the warning list.
- 従える - Added “to be attended by” and “to be followed by” to the allow list, moved “to conquer” to the warning list, and added “to defeat” to the warning list.
- 支度 - Added “get ready,” “prepare,” “make preparations,” “preparing,” and “get something ready” to the allow list, added “dressing,” “get dressed,” and “getting dressed” to the warning list, and updated two context sentences.
- 及第 - Replaced “pass an test” with “pass a test” on the allow list.
- 診る - Added “to see a doctor” to the allow list.
- 強盗 - Added “verbal noun” to the word type, added “housebreaker,” “mugger,” “holdup,” “commit robbery,” “commit a robbery,” “committing robbery,” “committing a robbery,” “commit burglary,” “commit a burglary,” “committing burglary,” “committing a burglary,” “rob,” “robbing,” “break in,” “breaking in,” “break into,” and “breaking into” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 華美 - Added “splendid” to the block list.
- 壊れ物 - Added “fragile article” to the allow list, added “broken item” to the warning list.
- 華美 - Added “showiness,” “showy,” and “gorgeous” to the allow list.
- 桜色 - Added “pale pink” as the alternative meaning, moved “pink color” and “color pink” to the allow list, and added “cherry blossom color,” “cherry blossom colour,” “color cherry blossom,” “colour cherry blossom,” “pink color,” “color pink,” “pale pink color,” “pale pink colour,” “color pale pink,” “colour pale pink,” “light pink color,” “light pink colour,” “colour light pink,” and “color light pink” to the allow list.
- 採る - Added “to pick” as the alternative meaning.
- 腐食 - Added “corruption” to the warning list.
- 脱獄 - Added “escaping from prison,” “escaping from jail,” “prison escape,” “escaping prison,” “escape prison,” “escaping jail,” and “escape jail” to the allow list.
- 紅葉 - Added “turn red,” “turning red,” “turn red and yellow,” “turning red and yellow,” “turn yellow and red,” and “turning yellow and red” to the allow list, and added “yellow leaves,” “turn yellow,” and “turning yellow” to the warning list.
- 傷つく - Added “to hurt” to the warning list.
- 装う - Added よそう to the warning list, added “to dress,” “to attire,” “to dress oneself,” “to attire oneself,” “to be dressed,” “to be dressed in,” “to be attired,” and “to be attired in” to the allow list, and added “to ladle,” “to serve,” “to dish up,” “to be in,” “to assume,” and “to affect” to the warning list.
- 油断 - Added “letting your guard down,” “being inattentive,” “being off guard,” “carelessness,” “negligence,” “inattention,” “be off one’s guard,” “being off one’s guard,” “be careless,” “being careless,” “be negligent,” and “being negligent” to the allow list.
- 戒める - Added “to warn against” and “to caution against” to the allow list, and added “to scold,” “to punish,” and “to forbid” to the warning list.
- 駐車場 - Added “car park,” “parking area,” “parking space,” “parking spot,” “parking place,” “parking,” “parking garage,” and “garage” to the allow list.
- 兼用 - Added “multiuse,” “multiple purpose,” “use together,” “using together,” “share,” and “sharing” to the allow list.
- 誠意 - Added “sincere,” “honest,” and “faithful” to the warning list.
- 躍り - Added “dance” and “dancing” to the warning list.
- 即日 - Added “the same day” to the allow list.
- 敷金 - Added “safety deposit” to the warning list.
- 偽る - Added “to fake” and “to fake something” to the allow list.
- 滑る - Added “to be slippery” to the warning list.
- 懇話 - Moved “friendly talk” as the primary meaning, added “friendly discussion” as the alternative meaning, moved “friendly chat” to the allow list, and added “informal chat,” “informal talk,” and “informal discussion” to the allow list.
- 懇談 - Added “informal chat,” “friendly chat,” “friendly discussion,” and “informal discussion” to the allow list.
- 柔和 - Added “gentle,” “tender,” and “tenderness” to the allow list, and added “meek” to the warning list.
- 握り - Added “rice ball” and “onigiri” to the warning list.
- 揚げ - Added “deep-fried” as the alternative meaning, added “deep fried” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 桃色 - Added “pink” as the alternative meaning, added “color peach,” “colour peach,” “pink color,” “pink colour,” “color pink,” and “colour pink” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 肌色 - Added “skin color,” “skin colour,” “flesh colour,” “flesh color,” and “pale orange,” to the allow list.
- いつ頃 - Added “around when” to the allow list, and added “when” to the warning list.
- 紛れもない - Added “unmistakable” as the primary meaning, added “indisputable” as the alternative meaning, moved “unmistaken” and “certain” to the allow list, added “confident” and “absolute” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 挿絵 - Added “illustration” and “picture” to the allow list, and added “cut” and “figure” to the warning list.
- 貨幣 - Added “bill” and “coin” to the allow list, and added “note” to the warning list.
- 下唇 - Moved かしん to the warning list.
- 痛恨 - Added “sorrow” and “grief” to the warning list.
- 布巾 - Added “dish towel,” “tea cloth,” and “kitchen towel,” to the allow list.
- 明瞭 - Added “clear” as the alternative meaning.
- 掌 - Added たなごころ to the warning list.
- 墜落 - Added “fall,” “crash,” “drop,” and “dropping” to the allow list.
- 点滴 - Added “IV,” “drip,” and “intravenous” to the allow list, moved “raindrops” and “falling drops of water” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 自炊 - Added “cook one’s own meals,” “fix one’s own meals,” and “self-catering” to the allow list.
- 黒い霧 - Added “black fog” and “black mist” to the allow list.
- 踊り - Added “dancing” to the allow list.
- 湿らせる - Added “to wet slightly,” “to slightly wet,” “to make slightly wet,” and “to make something slightly wet” to the warning list, and added “to wet,” “to make wet,” and “to make something wet” to the warning list.
- 土俵際 - Added “edge of a sumo wrestling ring” and “sumo wrestling ring edge” to the allow list, moved “edge” and “sumo ring” to the warning list, and added “last minute,” “ring,” and “sumo wrestling ring” to the warning list.
- 悔しい - Added “frustrated,” “frustrating,” “regretful,” “humiliating,” “disappointed,” and “disappointing” to the allow list.
- 魔法使い - Added “witch” as the alternative meaning, moved “magician” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 盆踊り - Added “bon dance” to the allow list.
- 備蓄 - Added “build a stockpile,” “building a stockpile,” “lay in,” “stock up,” “store,” “have in store,” “have something in store,” “having in store,” and “having something in store” to the allow list, added “supply” and “supplies” to the warning list.
- 蓄える - Added “to save” and “to save up” to the allow list.
- 賢い - Added “wise,” “smart,” and “brainy” to the allow list, added “bright” and “brilliant” to the warning list.
- 理不尽 - Added “absurd” to the allow list.
- 扇 - Added “fan” to the allow list.
- お疲れ様 - Updated one context sentence.
- 唯一 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 不明瞭 - Added “indistinct” as the alternative meaning, moved “unintelligible” to the allow list, and added “not clear,” “inarticulate,” “not articulate,” “dim,” and “dimmed” to the allow list.
- 凝る - Changed the primary meaning to “to be passionate about,” moved “to be absorbed in” to the allow list, updated the meaning and reading explanations, and added collocations.
- 濃紺 - Added “color dark navy blue,” “colour dark navy blue,” “dark navy blue color,” “dark navy blue colour,” “dark blue color,” “dark blue colour,” “color dark blue,” “colour dark blue,” “dark navy color,” “dark navy colour,” “color navy blue,” and “colour navy blue” to the allow list, and added “navy,” “navy color,” “navy colour,” “color navy,” and “colour navy” to the warning list.
- 瑠璃色 - Added “bright blue color,” “bright blue colour,” “color bright blue,” “colour bright blue,” “deep blue color,” “deep blue colour,” “color deep blue,” “colour deep blue,” “lapis lazuli blue color,” “lapis lazuli blue colour,” “color lapis lazuli blue,” and “colour lapis lazuli blue” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 流浪 - Updated one context sentence.
- Common word combinations added to all Level 16 vocabulary.
- 幸運 - Added “bad luck” to the block list.
- 熟れる - Added “to become ripe” to the allow list.
- 推定 - Removed “のadjective” from the word type, and added “estimating,” “assume,” “assuming,” “infer,” “inferring,” “presumption,” “presume,” “presuming,” “supposition,” “suppose,” and “supposing” to the allow list.
- 双 - Added ふた to the warning list.
- 陰気 - Added “gloomy mood” to the allow list.
- 曇り - Added “cloudy” to the allow list.
- 無菌 - Added “aseptic” as the alternative meaning, moved “pasteurized” to the allow list, added “germfree,” “germ free,” and “germ-free” to the allow list, added “disinfected” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 大概 - Added “generally,” “generally speaking,” “usually,” “normally,” “for the most part,” “almost,” “nearly,” “almost all,” and “nearly all” to the allow list, and added “probably” and “as a rule” to the warning list.
- 皇太子妃 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 民俗 - Added “folklore” to the allow list.
- 慌てる - Added “to be confused” and “to become confused” to the warning list.
- 俗語 - Added “slang” to the allow list.
- 悪賢い - Added “sly” to the allow list, and added “sneaky” to the warning list.
- 尽くす - Added “to exhaust” to the allow list.