These are the content changes we made in January 2024.
Radicals
- 弓 - Added “archery” to the allow list.
Kanji
- 弓 - Added “archery” to the allow list.
- 坊 - Added “boy” to the allow list.
- 載 - Added “place on” as the primary meaning, added “put on” as the alternative meaning, moved “publish” to the allow list, updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
- 縮 - Added “shorten” to the allow list, and added “narrow” to the warning list.
- 痩 - Added “slim,” “skinny,” “slender,” and “lose weight” to the allow list.
- 依 - Added “depend” and “depend on” to the allow list.
- 超 - Added “go beyond” to the allow list.
- 湾 - Added “bay,” “cove,” and “inlet” to the allow list.
- 握 - Added “grasp” to the allow list.
- 誇 - Added “proud” and “to be proud” to the allow list.
- 盆 - Added “bon” and “obon” to the allow list.
- 墜 - Added “fall,” “fall down,” “falling,” and “falling down” to the allow list.
- 陛 - Added “majesty” to the allow list.
- 勘 - Added “intention” to the block list.
- 偉 - Added “great” and “remarkable” to the allow list.
- 濯 - Added “washing” to the allow list.
- 脂 - Added “grease” to the allow list.
- 正 - Updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
- 突 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint, and added “protruding,” “protrude,” “stick out,” “collision,” and “collide” to the warning list.
- 津 - Changed the primary meaning to “harbor”, added “harbour” to the allow list, moved “haven” to the allow list, and updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
- 脱 - Added “escape” as an alternative meaning, and updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
- 煮 - Added “simmer” to the allow list.
- 安 - Added “safe” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 辺 - Added “side” as the alternative meaning, added “sides” and “vicinity” to the allow list, added “region” to the warning list, updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic.
- 房 - Added “tassel,” “bunch,” and “tuft” to the allow list, and added “section” to the warning list.
- 刊 - Added “punish” to the block list.
Vocabulary
- 出す - Added “to go out” to the block list.
- 対する - Added “to compose” to the block list.
- 競う - Added “to compare” to the block list.
- 幻覚 - Added “illusion” to the warning list.
- 弓 - Added “archery” to the allow list.
- 載る - Added “to be placed on” as the primary meaning, added “to be recorded” and “to be loaded on” as the alternative meaning, moved “to be published,” “to be reported,” and “to be printed” to the allow list, added “to be mentioned,” “to be put on,” “to be loaded,” “to be on,” “to be reported on,” “to be recorded on,” and “to be published on,” added “to be placed,” “to be put,” “to be,” “to contain,” “to appear,” “to carry,” and “to report” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
- 記載 - Moved “report” to the allow list, added “write” and “writing” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 所載 - Added “recorded” as the primary meaning, moved “printed” to the allow list, added “carried,” “noted,” and “stated” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 載せる - Added “to place on something” as the primary meaning, added “to put on something” and “to put on record” as the alternative meaning, moved “to publish” and “to place on top” to the allow list, added “to place on” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 観覧 - Added “watching” as the alternative meaning, added “view,” “see,” and “watch” to the allow list, added “observe,” “observing,” and “observation” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 敬語 - Added “polite language” to the warning list.
- 否定する - Added “to refuse” to the warning list.
- 更新 - Added “updating” and “renewing” to the allow list, and added “change” and “changing” to the warning list.
- 奴ら - Added “dudes” and “guys” to the allow list.
- 吐き出す - Added “to spit” to the allow list, and added “to vomit,” “to puke,” “to throw up,” “to belch,” “to belch out,” “to express,” “to show,” and “to lay bare” to the warning list.
- 医療 - Added “medical care” and “medical service” to the allow list, and added “treatment,” “care,” and “service” to the warning list.
- 遺産 - Added “heritage” as the alternative meaning, and added “antiquities,” and “legacy” to the warning list.
- 湾 - Added “cove” to the allow list.
- 掲載 - Moved “post” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 衣装 - Added “clothes” to the allow list.
- 伺い - Added “request” and “call on” to the warning list.
- 肌触り - Added “feel” to the allow list.
- 歳暮 - Added “year end” to the allow list.
- 廃絶 - Added “abolish,” “abolishing,” and “abolishment” to the allow list.
- 勘 - Added “intention” to the block list.
- 無駄 - Added “futile,” “useless,” “pointless,” “in vain,” “vain,” and “fruitless” to the allow list, and added “waste,” “no good,” “no use,” “no point,” “wasteful,” “idle,” “unwanted,” and “nothing” to the warning list.
- 把握 - Added “understand” as the alternative meaning, moved “catch” to the allow list, added “grasping” and “understanding” to the allow list, added “grip” and “gripping” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 漫才 - Added “double act comedy” and “double act” to the allow list, and added “comedy duo” and “comic duo” to the warning list.
- 邪魔 - Added “nuisance” to the allow list.
- 訂正 - Added “amendment” to the allow list.
- 興奮 - Added “arousal” to the allow list.
- 連峰 - Added “mountain chain” and “peaks” to the allow list.
- 表彰 - Added “commendation” as the alternative meaning, and added “commend” and “commending” to the allow list.
- 法廷 - Added “court” as the primary meaning, moved “courtroom” to the alternative meaning, added “law court,” “court of law,” and “courthouse” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 仰々しい - Added “bombastic” and “ostentatious” to the allow list.
- 信仰 - Added “faith,” “belief,” and “religious belief” to the allow list.
- 浸す - Added かす to the warning list, and added “to immerse” and “to bathes” to the allow list.
- 搭載 - Added “be equipped,” “being equipped,” “on board,” “load,” “be equipped with,” “being equipped with,” and “equipped” to the allow list, added “have,” “having,” “carry,” and “carrying” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 血脈 - Added “blood relatives” and “blood relative” to the warning list.
- 下さい - Updated the reading explanation.
- 二十日 - Added にじゅうにち to the warning list.
- 立てる - Updated the reading explanation.
- 正直 - Updated the reading explanation.
- ない - Changed the word type from “intransitive verb” to “いadjective.”
- 写る - Updated the reading explanation.
- 電力 - Added “electricity” as the alternative meaning, and added “power” to the warning list.
- 十分間 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 調子 - Added “tone” as the alternative meaning, added “tune,” “pitch,” and “manner” to the allow list, and added “key,” “shape,” “form,” “way,” and “order” to the warning list.
- 別の - Updated the reading explanation.
- 着く - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 約 - Updated the reading explanation and context sentences.
- 是非 - Updated a context sentence.
- 埋める - Added “to bury something” and “to fill something” to the allow list.
- 増税 - Added “tax decrease” to the block list.
- 収まる - Added “to fit within,” “to fit in,” “to be finished,” “to be finalized,” “to end up,” “to result in,” and “to come to a conclusion” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 割合 - Added “comparatively” and “fairly” as the alternative meaning, added “relatively,” “quite,” and “rather” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and added one context sentence.
- 載る - Updated the translation of a context sentence and replaced two context sentences.
- 突く - Added “to thrust at” to the allow list.
- 気違い - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 納まる - Added “to settle into” as the primary meaning, moved “to be satisfied” as the alternative meaning, moved “to be settled,” “to be paid,” “to be supplied,” and “to be delivered” to the allow list, added “to settle down,” “to be happy,” and “to be settled into” to the allow list, added “to fit inside,” “to fit in,” and “to be finished” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 津波 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 遺産 - Moved “legacy” to the allow list, and added “bequest” to the allow list.
- 募る - Added “to recruit” as the alternative meaning, moved “to grow stronger” to the alternative meaning, moved “to invite something,” “to raise something,” “to grow violent,” and “to become stronger” to the allow list, added “to call for,” “to gather,” “to intensify,” “to accumulate,” “to seek,” “to look for,” “to build up,” “to collect,” “to solicit,” and “to grow” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, added collocations, and added one context sentence.
- 及び - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 併合 - Added “annexation” as the primary meaning, moved “merger” to the alternative meaning, added “annex,” “annexing,” “merge,” “merging,” “amalgamation,” “absorption,” “absorb,” and “absorbing” to the allow list, added “fusion,” “fuse,” and “fusing” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
- 払い戻す - Updated one context sentence.
- 巡査 - Made “police officer” the primary meaning, moved “police” to the allow list, added “cop”, “officer”, “police constable” and “constable” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 二十歳 - Added にじゅっさい and にじっさい to the warning list.
- 涼風 - Added すずかぜ to the warning list.
- 清涼 - Added しょうりょう to the warning list.
- 突如 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 唐突 - Added “abrupt” as the primary meaning, added “suddenly,” “unexpectedly,” and “abruptly” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 帳簿 - Added “ledger” as an alternative meaning.
- 突貫 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 搭載 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 一本気 - Updated the primary meaning, and the meaning explanation.
- 対等 - Added “inequal” to the block list.
- 連中 - Moved れんじゅう and れんぢゅう to the warning list.
- 脱線 - Moved “be derailed” to the allow list, added “deviate” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 脱字 - Updated the meaning explanation, moved “omitted word” to the allow list, and added “omitted letter” as an alternative meaning.
- 案外 - Removed “noun” and “なadjective” from the word type, and added “adverb” to the word type.
- 脱走する - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 脱税 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 承る - Added “to humbly hear” as the primary meaning, added “to accept” as an alternative meaning, moved “to hear,” “to understand,” “to listen to,” “to be informed,” and “to consent” to the allow list, added “to hear humbly” to the allow list, and updated the meaning and reading explanations.
- 脱獄 - Made “escape from prison” the primary and “jailbreak” an alternative meaning, added “breaking out of prison” and “break out of prison” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 三つ編み - Added “braids” to the allow list.
- 対向する - Made “to be oncoming” the primary meaning, moved “to counter” to the warning list, added “to oppose,” “to go against,” “to come,” and “to be coming” to the warning list, added “to face,” “to be facing,” “to be coming towards,” and “to face each other” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 死刑囚 - Added “death row criminal” to the allow list.
- 機敏 - Added “quick-witted” as an alternative meaning, moved “clever,” “shrewd,” and “smart,” to the warning list, added “dexterous” to the warning list, added “agile,” “adroit,” “responsive,” “adaptive,” and “brisk,” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 巡査 - Added “patrol officer” as the alternative meaning, moved “policeman” to the allow list, added “patrolman,” “patrolwoman,” and “policewoman” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 御手洗 - Added みたらい and みたらし to the warning list.
- 義塾 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 踊り場 - Made “landing” the primary meaning, added “plateau” as an alternative meaning, made “dance hall” an alternative meaning, added “intermediate landing”, “pause”, “lull”, “leveling off”, “levelling off”, and “stagnation” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 偉大 - Added “great” to the allow list.
- 噴火 - Added “volcanic eruption” to the allow list.
- 慈善 - Added “beneficence” to the allow list.
- 蓮根 - Removed the はすね reading.
- 逸脱 - Added “deviate” to the allow list and updated the meaning explanation.
- 寡黙 - Updated the context sentence translation.
- 六つ - Added “nine things” to the block list.
- 四百 - Added “4 hundred” to the allow list.
- 四千 - Added “forty thousand” to the block list.
- 交ぜる - Updated the meaning explanation and updated the reading explanation.
- 辺 - Added “side” as the primary meaning, moved “area” and “vicinity” to the allow list, added “sides” to the allow list, moved “region” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, replaced three context sentences with new ones, replaced three common word combinations with new ones, and added three common word combinations.
- ナポレオン三世 - Move “Napoleon” to the warning list.
- 話す - Updated the reading explanation.
- 思い出す - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 開始 - Updated the translation of one common word combination.
- 言葉つき - Moved “diction” as the primary meaning, added “how one speaks” as the alternative meaning, moved “speech,” “expression,” “wording,” and “language” to the allow list, added “speech style,” “word choice,” and “choice of words” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 可能 - Removed “noun” from the word type, added “possibility” to the warning list.
- 高値 - Moved “expensive price” to the allow list, added “a high” and “a high price” to the allow list, added “high” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 触る - Added “to touch something” as the primary meaning, moved “to touch” to the alternative meaning, added “to feel” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 収める - Added “to obtain” and “to obtain something” to the allow list.
- 触れる - Made “to touch” the primary meaning, added “to come into contact with” as an alternative meaning, added “to touch upon,” “to be in contact with,” “to come into contact,” “to be in contact,” “to graze,” “to touch upon something,” “to come into contact with something,” and “to be in contact with something” to the allow list, moved “to feel,” “to refer to,” “to refer to something,” “to mention something,” and “to mention” to the warning list, added “to feel” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated one context sentence translation.
- 貯える - Added “to save up,” and “to set aside” as alternate meanings, moved “to put something aside” to the allow list, added “to amass,” “to put something aside,” “to save money,” to save up money,” “to accumulate,” “to put aside,” “to set something aside,” “to lay aside,” “to lay something aside,” “to salt away,” “to salt something away,” “to store,” and “to store something” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 保障 - Added “assure,” “assuring,” and “assurance” to the warning list.
- 刺さる - Updated one context sentence.
- 誘う - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 招待する - Moved “to summon” to the warning list, moved “to summon someone” from the allow list to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 綺麗 - Updated the context sentence.
- 房 - Added “fringe” to the allow list, and added “section” to the warning list.
- 懇談 - Updated the meaning explanation, added “casual discussion” to the allow list, moved “informal chat” and “friendly chat” to the warning list.
- 一翼 - updated one context sentence
- 蓄える - Added “to store up,” and “to grow a mustache” as alternative meanings, moved “to store,” “to have a beard,” and “to grow a beard” to the allow list, added “to accumulate,” “to build up,” “to put aside,” “to set aside,” “to set something aside,” “to lay aside,” “to lay something aside,” “to salt away,” “to salt something away,” “to wear a beard,” “to have a mustache,” “to wear a mustache,” “to grow a moustache,” “to have a moustache,” “to wear a moustache,” “to have something In store,” “to stockpile,” “to build a stockpile,” “to make a cache of,” “to stash Away,” and “to stock up” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 苗字 - Added “last name” to the allow list.
- お風呂 - Added “bathtub” to the allow list, and updated the translation of one context sentence.