These are the content changes we made in January 2022.
Radicals
Kanji
- 来 - added き as on’yomi.
- 財 - added “riches” and “fortune” to allow list.
- 勉 - added “exert” and “effort” to allow list.
- 商 - added “merchant” and “trade” to allow list.
- 域 - add “area” and “border” to allow list.
- 力 - added 刀 to visually similar kanji.
- 企 - added たくら as kun’yomi.
- 極 - added “extremely” to allow list, and updated reading mnemonic and hint.
- 氷 - updated radical ordering, meaning mnemonic, and meaning hint.
- 鑑 - added かがみ as kun’yomi.
- 判 - added ばん as on’yomi.
- 価 - added “price” to allow list.
- 係 - added “connect” to allow list.
- 昆 - added “incest” to block list.
- 警 - added 驚 to visually similar kanji.
- 翌 - added “follower” and “followers” to block list.
- 最 - added “the most” to alternative meanings.
- 実 - added みの as kun’yomi.
- 納 - labeled なっ as on’yomi.
- 牲 - added “sacrifice” as alternative meaning.
Vocabulary
- 申し込む - added “to apply for”, “to apply to” to allow list.
- 鋭敏 - added “sharp” to allow list.
- 鋭利 - added “sharp” to allow list.
- 終える - added “to drop something” to block list.
- 作用 - fixed collocation typo.
- 五百 - fixed collocation mistranslation (had “two hundred” instead of “five hundred”).
- 〜円 - added “number of yen” to additional meaning.
- 政策 - (22) - added “politics” to blocklist.
- 大役 - added “big kill” to block list.
- 澄ます - added “to climb” to block list.
- 叫ぶ - added “to scold” to block list.
- 叱る - added “to shout” to block list.
- 隠す - added “to hinder” to block list.
- 南極圏 - added “arctic circle” to block list.
- 寄与 - added “contribute” and “contributing” to allow list, added a context sentence, and updated a context sentence.
- 伝わる - added “to be transferred” to block list.
- 傷む - “to get damaged” to allow list, updated meaning and reading explanations, and added two context sentences.
- 傷める - updated meaning and reading explanations.
- 満点 - added “full marks” to meaning list.
- 逸れる - updated meaning mnemonic explanation.
- 揺する - added “to have” to block list.
- 一番目 - updated context sentence translation.
- 近づく - added “to get near” to allow list.
- 弟 - added “younger bro” and “little bro” to allow list.
- 素材 - added “material” and “ingredient” as alternative meanings, added “raw materials”, “materials”, and “ingredients” to allow list, and added one context sentence.
- 総合 - added “general” to allow list.
- 公設 - added “municipal” and “publicly run” to allow list, and added two context sentences.
- 直行 - added “indirect” to block list.
- 和尚 - added わじょう and かしょう to reading warning list.
- 沙羅 - added “sal” and “sal tree” to meaning warning list.
- 替わる - added “to be exchanged” and “to exchange” to allow list.
- 大きさ - updated meaning explanation and added “bigness” to allow list. (Note: we know “bigness” isn’t actually a word, but we’re technically checking Japanese here, not English. )
- 旨い - added “tasty”, “good”, “expert”, and “nice” to allow list.
- 直航 - added “direct flight” and “nonstop voyage” to allow list, update meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
- 絶える - added “to be cut off” as alternative meaning, added “to become extinct”, “to go extinct” and “to come to an end” to allow list, updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
- 詰まる - added “to be stuck” as alternative meaning, and added “to be full”, “to be filled”, “to be packed”, “to be clogged” and “to get stuck” to allow list.
- 一斤 - added “loaf of bread” to allow list.
- 総理 - added “PM” and “premier” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, replaced one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
- 総理大臣 - added “PM” and “premier” to allow list, updated meaning and reading explanations, and added two context sentences.
- 〜台 - added “big machine counter” as primary meaning, moved “big machine”, “big device”, “machine”, and “device” to allow list, and added “counter for big machines”, “number of big machines”, “counter for vehicles”, “number of vehicles” and “vehicle counter” to allow list.
- 注文する - added “to order something” and “to request something” to allow list.
- 追いかける - moved “to stalk” to allow list, added “to stalk something”, “to stalk someone”, “to pursue something”, “to pursue someone”, “to run after someone”, “to run after something”, “to follow someone”, and “to follow something” to allow list.
- 共有する - added “to share something”, “to jointly own something”, “to co-own something”, and “to joint own something” to allow list.
- 恐れる - added “to fear something”, “to dread something”, “to be afraid of”, and “to be afraid of something” to allow list, and added a context sentence.
- 出身 - added “place of origin” to allow list.
- 評判 - made “reputation” primary meaning, moved “fame” to alternative meaning, updated meaning and reading explanations, and added one context sentence.
- 裁判 - added “lawsuit” and “suit” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
- 改める - added “to reform something”, “to reform”, “to improve something”, and “to improve” to allow list.
- 毎月 - added “each month” to allow list.
- 殺菌 - added “disinfection” to allow list.
- 研究室 - added “research laboratory” to allow list.
- 頂 - made “summit” primary meaning, moved “crown” to alternative meaning, added “top” and “peak” as alternative meanings, moved “easy win for one”, “something received” and “spire” to allow list, added “mountaintop” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, replaced one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
- 確認 - added “certification” to block list.
- 触れる - added “transitive verb” as word type, added “to feel something”, “to touch something”, “to touch on something”, “to refer to something”, and “to mention something” to allow list, and updated meaning explanation.
- 患者 - updated reading explanation.
- 溶かす - added “to dissolve” and “to dissolve something” to the allow list.
- 見直す - added “to reconcile” to block list.
- 迫る - added “to compel” to allow list.
- 照らす - added “to be illuminated” to block list.
- 名物 - added “local speciality to allow list.
- 掌 - added “back of one’s hand” to block list.
- 十万 - added “ten thousand” and “10 thousand” to block list.
- 一億円 - added “one million yen” and “1 million yen” to block list.
- 就職 - added “finding employee” to block list.
- 始めに - added “first of all” to allow list.
- 遍歴 - added context sentence.
- 飽食 - made “satiation” primary meaning, added “indulgence” as alternative meaning, and moved “engorgement” to allow list.
- 弔う - added とぶらう to the reading warning list.
- 毎朝 - added “each morning” to allow list.
- 響く - added “to resonate” to allow list and added two context sentences.