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Content Updates for July 2021

Written by Jenny·July 1, 2021

These are the content changes we made in July 2021.

Radicals

  • 寸 - added “treasure” to the block list.
  • Spear - updated name mnemonic.

Kanji

  • 苺 - added 母 to visually similar.
  • 埋 - added うず as kun’yomi.
  • 節 - added “joint” as a meaning.
  • 必 - added “uncertain” to block list.
  • 机 - updated reading explanation.
  • 宛 - added 腕 to visually similar.
  • 軸 - added “axle” as a meaning and updated the meaning and reading explanations.
  • 代 - added “generation” to allow list.
  • 狼 (おおかみ) - wolf
  • 噛 (か) - bite
  • 休 - added “forest” to block list.
  • 折 - added “hold” to block list.
  • 梨 - added り as on’yomi.
  • 岳 - moved up from level 43 to level 45.
  • 咳 (せき) - cough
  • 魚 - added as うお kun’yomi.
  • 提 - added 捉 to visually similar.
  • 喉 - added “threat” to block list.
  • 賃 - added 貸 to visually similar.
  • 結 - added 絡 and 給 to visually similar.
  • 苛 - updated reading mnemonic.
  • 苛 (いじ) - frustration
  • 戚 (せき) - relatives
  • 餅 (もち) - mochi

Vocabulary

  • 田代島 - updated meaning explanation.
  • 二時半 - moved ‘half two’ to allow list.
  • 当てる - moved “to guess something” and “to apply” to allow list, added “to guess something”, “to hit something”, and “to apply something” to allow list, and added “to be right” to block list.
  • 大麻 - added “marijuana” as primary meaning, moved “hemp” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added context sentence.
  • 本気 - added “seriousness” as a meaning and “earnest” and “earnestness” to allow list.
  • 焦り - added “patience” to the block list.
  • 故 - changed “circumstances” to “circumstance” in the alternative meanings.
  • 仲直り - added “making peace” and “making up” to meanings, moved “make peace with” to allow list, added “reconciling”, “making peace with”, “make peace”, “making up with”, “make up”, and “make up with” to allow list, and updated meaning explanation.
  • 統括 - added “generalization” and “management” to meanings, added “control”, “supervision”, “generalisation”, “unifying”, “managing”, “generalizing”, and “generalising” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added context sentences.
  • 依存 - added “depending” and “relying” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added context sentences.
  • 回る - added “to turn” and “to spin” to allow list and updated meaning explanation.
  • 古い - added “ancient” and “out-of-date” to meanings and updated meaning explanation.
  • 飯 - added to meaning explanation.
  • 一体 - added “the hell” and “what the” to allow list.
  • 争う - updated meaning and reading explanations.
  • 若布 - updated reading explanation.
  • 豊か - made “rich” primary meaning, added “wealthy” as a meaning, moved “abundant” to allow list, added “affluent”, “prosperous”, and “a lot” to allow list, and updated meaning explanation and context sentences.
  • 墓場 - updated reading explanation.
  • 軌跡 - added “tyre track” to allow list.
  • 立入禁止 - added “off-limits” as a meaning, moved “entry prohibited”, “trespassing prohibited”, and “no trespassing” to allow list, and updated reading explanation and context sentence.
  • 異性 - added “different gender” as primary meaning, moved “opposite gender” to allow list, updated meaning explanation and added context sentences.
  • 楽しい - updated context sentence translation.
  • 美人 - updated meaning explanation and context sentences.
  • 一文字 - added ひともじ to reading warning list and “one character” to meaning warning list.
  • 狼 (おおかみ) - wolf
  • 狼男 (おおかみおとこ) - werewolf
  • 噛む (かむ) - to bite
  • 気付く - added “to release” to block list.
  • 触る - updated context sentences.
  • 公社 - added “government-run company” as primary meaning and “government-owned company” as alternative meaning. Moved “public corporation”, “public company”, “government agency” and “federal agency” to allow list, and added “government-owned corporation”, “government-run corporation”, “government-owned business” and “government-run business” to allow list. Updated meaning explanation.
  • 大麻 - moved “shinto paper offerings” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, added おおあさ to reading warning list, and added context sentence.
  • 習う - added “to take lessons in” as alternative meaning, added “to learn something” and “to take lessons in something” to allow list, and updated meaning explanations and example sentences.
  • 故 - updated context sentences.
  • 暴力 - added “evidence” to block list.
  • 選挙する - added “to select” to block list.
  • 世辞 - added “complaint” to block list.
  • 形容動詞 - added “i-adjective” and “i adjective” to block list.
  • 狼男 - added “wolfman” to allow list.
  • 祭 - updated reading explanation.
  • 期間 - moved “span” to allow list, and added “period of time”, “time period”, “time”, “time interval” and “interval of time” to the allow list.
  • 山岳 - moved up from level 43 to level 45.
  • 岳 - moved up from level 43 to level 47.
  • 人狼 (じんろう) - werewolf
  • 咳 (せき) - cough
  • 股 (また) - crotch
  • 股下 (またした) - inseam
  • 今週 - added “this year” to block list.
  • ゴミ箱 - added “garbage day” to block list.
  • 無意識 - added “consciousness” to block list.
  • 会話 - added “convention” to block list.
  • 弁慶 - added “Benkei” as primary meaning, updated meaning explanation, and added three context sentences.
  • 親子丼 - made “chicken and egg rice bowl” primary meaning, added “oyako-don” to meanings, moved “parent and child bowl” and “chicken and egg on rice” to allow list, added “chicken and egg bowl”, “parent and child donburi” and “chicken and egg donburi” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added context sentences.
  • 退ける - added “to retreat” to block list.
  • 老人 - added “old people” and “elderly people” to allow list.
  • 存在 - removed “の adjective” from word types.
  • 総合 - added “synthesis” to allow list, and added two context sentences.
  • 心底 - added “bottom of your heart” to allow list.
  • 札 - updated reading explanation.
  • 絶やす - added “to die off” to block list.
  • 特に - added “not particularly” to the block list.
  • 転送 - added “transport” to block list.
  • 葬る - added “to mourn” to block list.
  • 謙虚 - added “futility” to block list.
  • 隠す - made “to hide something” primary meaning, added “to conceal something” as alternative meaning, moved “to hide” to allow list, added “to conceal” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
  • 断る - added “to decided” to block list.
  • 先 - made “tip” primary meaning, added “first” and “future” as alternative meanings, moved “previous”, “past”, and “former” to allow list, updated meaning and reading explanations, and replaced context sentences.
  • 先端 - added “cutting edge” as alternative meaning, moved “advanced technology” to allow list, added “bleeding edge”, “advanced”, and “latest” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added context sentences.
  • 被る - added “to break” to block list.
  • 布巾 - added “dust cloth” to block list.
  • 雑巾 - added “dish cloth” to block list.
  • 不足 - added “storage” to block list.
  • 〜年来 - added “in years” to block list.
  • 法律 - added “laws” to allow list.
  • 剣 - moved “blade” to allow list, added つるぎ to reading warning list, updated meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
  • 隠居 - added “retreat” as alternative meaning, added “retire”, “retiring”, “being retired”, “retreating”, and “seclusion” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added context sentences.
  • 隠居する - added “to be retired” and “to go into retirement” as alternative meanings, added “to retreat” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added context sentences.
  • 引退 - added “retiring” as primary meaning and “withdrawing from public life” as alternative meaning, moved “retire” to allow list, added “retire from public life”, and “retiring from public life” to allow list, updated meaning and reading explanations, and added context sentences.
  • 苛める (いじめる) - to bully
  • 親戚 (しんせき) - relatives
  • 餅 (もち) - mochi