Content Updates for December 2025

These are the content changes we made in December 2025.

Additions and Movements

These are all the items we’ve added, moved and removed during December.

Wed, December 3, 2025 (2 additions and 1 movement)

New Items

• 直前 vocab - added this vocab to level 11
• 直ちに vocab - added this vocab to level 35

Level Changes

• Level 25: 問う vocab - moved down to level 15

Reasoning

• 直前: This vocab helps to reinforce the ちょく reading and the straight meaning.
• 直ちに: This vocab teaches the new reading ただ
• 問う: This vocab is not related to 直, but we also made this movement so that this appears before 問い合わせる (16) for better learning order.

Other Updates

These are all the other changes we made to WaniKani content in December.

Radicals

• Kiss - Added “each” to the warning list, and updated the mnemonic.

Kanji

• 細 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, and reading mnemonic.
• 鼻 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 兵 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and meaning hint.
• 梅 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and meaning hint.
• 因 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, and reading mnemonic.
• 識 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 愛 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 達 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and reading mnemonic.
• 類 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 借 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 座 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 洗 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 胸 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 枚 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 静 - Updated the meaning mnemonic.
• 煙 - Updated the meaning mnemonic.
• 加 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 順 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 閥 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, and reading hint.
• 歴 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 混 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 続 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, and reading hint.
• 笛 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and meaning hint.
• 尻 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 個 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 圧 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and meaning hint.
• 刺 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, and reading mnemonic.
• 機 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 委 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, and reading mnemonic.
• 制 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and meaning hint.
• 権 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, and reading hint.
• 税 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, and reading hint.
• 義 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and meaning hint.
• 罰 - Updated the meaning mnemonic.
• 価 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and reading mnemonic.
• 域 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 導 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 崎 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 贅 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 視 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 境 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 販 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 捕 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 属 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and reading hint.
• 掛 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, and reading mnemonic.
• 接 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 締 - Updated the meaning mnemonic.
• 隊 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, and reading mnemonic.
• 婦 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and meaning hint.
• 傘 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 航 - Updated the meaning mnemonic.
• 板 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, and reading mnemonic.
• 渇 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and meaning hint.
• 版 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 預 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 撮 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and meaning hint.
• 尋 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 掃 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and meaning hint.
• 恩 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, and reading mnemonic.
• 採 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and reading hint.
• 酸 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and reading hint.
• 捨 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 著 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 吐 - Updated the meaning mnemonic.
• 埼 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and meaning hint.
• 奪 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 慎 - Updated the meaning mnemonic.
• 銃 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and reading hint.
• 堀 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and meaning hint.
• 敷 - Updated the reading mnemonic.
• 潜 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 拠 - Updated the meaning mnemonic.
• 岩 - Updated the reading mnemonic and reading hint.
• 達 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint, updated the order of radical components to “Scooter” + “Dirt” + “Sheep”.
• 枚 - Updated the meaning hint.
• 条 - Updated the meaning hint.
• 各 - Added “every” as an alternative meaning, added “kiss” to the warning list, and updated the meaning mnemonic and reading mnemonic.
• 壊 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 純 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, and reading mnemonic.
• 幕 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 推 - Updated the meaning mnemonic.
• 揮 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, and reading hint.
• 源 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and meaning hint.
• 腐 - Updated the meaning mnemonic.
• 換 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and meaning hint.
• 塁 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and reading hint.
• 抵 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and meaning hint.
• 弾 - Updated the meaning mnemonic.
• 掲 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 描 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and meaning hint.
• 雇 - Updated the meaning mnemonic.
• 撤 - Added 拠 to the visually similar kanji list.
• 哲 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, and reading mnemonic.
• 弧 - Updated the meaning mnemonic.
• 掘 - Updated the meaning mnemonic.
• 揺 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and reading mnemonic.
• 括 - Added “faster” to the the block list.
• 威 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 封 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and reading mnemonic.
• 慰 - Updated the meaning mnemonic.
• 滅 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 忍 - Added “conceal” as an alternative meaning, added “hide” to the allow list, and updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 帽 - Updated the reading mnemonic and reading hint.
• 喚 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and meaning hint.

Vocabulary

• 曲げる - Added “to sound” to the block list.
• 安売り - Added “bargain” to the allow list.
• 問い合わせる - Updated the meaning and reading explanations.
• 東亜 - Added “East Africa” to the block list.
• 日 - Added じつ to the warning list.
• お父さん - Added “pa” and “daddy” to the allow list, added “ma” to the block list, and updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation.
• 父 - Added “dad” as an alternative meaning, moved “my father” to the allow list, added “papa,” “pa,” and “daddy” to the allow list, added “ma” to the block list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 早々 - Moved “just after” to the allow list, added “hurriedly,” “earlier,” “sooner,” “speedily,” “ahead of schedule,” “right after,” and “immediately” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation.
• 今年 - Moved こんねん to the warning list, and updated the reading explanation.
• 豚肉 - Updated two context sentence translations.
• 東アジア - Added “east africa” to the block list.
• 向こう - Added “over that way” as an alternative meaning, moved “opposite side” and “far away” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation.
• あそこ - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 名古屋 - Updated one context sentence translation.
• 欠ける - Updated two common word combinations.
• 千葉 - Added “china” to the block list.
• 見物 - Added みもの to the warning list.
• 味方 - Updated one context sentence translation.
• 共同 - Changed the primary meaning to “joint”, added “collaborative” and “shared” as alternative meanings, moved “collaboration” and “cooperation” to the allow list, added “communal,” “together,” “sharing,” “cooperate,” “cooperating,” “collaborate,” “collaborating,” “share,” “team up,” “teaming up,” “work together,” and “working together” to the allow list, added “community,” “united,” “togetherness,” “jointly,” and “together” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 払う - Added “to reply” to the block list.
• 嫌味 - Updated three context sentence translations.
• 祝う - Updated the reading explanation.
• 独り言 - Changed the primary meaning to “talking to oneself”, added “muttering to oneself” as an alternative meaning, moved “talking to yourself” to the allow list, added “muttering to yourself,” “muttering to oneself,” “mumble,” “mumbling,” “mumble to yourself,” and “mumbling to oneself” to the allow list, added “monologue,” “monolog,” and “soliloquy” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 前売り券 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 怒らせる - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 成程 - Added “that makes sense” as an alternative meaning, added “I get it,” “got it,” “good point,” and “uh-huh” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 臨む - Added “to favor” to the block list.
• 却って - Added “rather” as an alternative meaning, added “only” and “just” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and added three context sentence translations.
• 兼ねる - Added “to be unable to do” to the warning list.
• 忍者 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 碁 - Added “the game of go” as an alternative meaning, moved “go boardgame” to the allow list, added “go board game,” “go game,” and “game of go” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, added ten common word combinations, and added three context sentence translations.
• 囲碁 - Added “the game of go” as an alternative meaning, moved “go board game” to the allow list, added “go boardgame,” “go game,” and “game of go” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, added eleven common word combinations, and added three context sentence translations.
• 碁盤 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 碁会所 - Moved ごかいじょ to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation.
• 可哀想 - Updated one context sentence translation.
• 斜面 - Updated one context sentence translation.
• 洞 - Updated one context sentence translation.
• 洞穴 - Updated one context sentence translation.
• 取り敢えず - Added “for now” and “tentatively” as alternative meanings, moved “first of all” to the allow list, moved “at once” and “immediately” to the warning list, added “first” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and added three context sentence translations.