Content Updates for July 2022

These are the content changes we made in July 2022.

Kanji

• 貴 - Added “precious” to the allow list.
• 延 - Added “extend”, “prolongation” and “extension” to the allow list.
• 折 - Added “break” as an alternative meaning and updated the meaning mnemonic.
• 乏 - Added “poor” to the allow list.
• 隻 - Added “counter for ships” to the allow list.
• 軒 - Added “counter for houses” to the allow list.
• 郡 - Added “country” to the block list.
• 諾 - Added “agree” to the allow list.
• 推 - Added “inference” and “guess” to the allow list.
• 叩 - Added はた as kun’yomi.
• 沖 - Added “open water” to the allow list.
• 薦 - Added “recommendation” to the allow list.
• 差 - Added “distinct” and “differ” to the allow list.
• 既 - Added “already” to the allow list.
• 酌 - Added “scoop” as an alternative meaning.
• 晩 - Added “light” and “sunlight” to the block list.
• 酷 - Added むご as kun’yomi.
• 諦 - Made あきら the primary reading, updated the reading mnemonic and hint, and added てい to the reading warning list.
• 億 - Added “100000000”, “100,000,000”, “1 hundred million”, “a hundred million” to the allow list.
• 杯 - Added “cup counter” to the allow list.
• 奥 - Added “inside” to the allow list.
• 輪 - Added “circle” as an alternative meaning and updated the mnemonic.
• 最 - Added “must” to the block list.

Vocabulary

• 目医者 - Added “ophthalmologist” as an alternative meaning.
• 傷つく - Added “intransitive verb” as a word type, and added “to get injured”, “to get wounded”, “to be hurt”, “to be wounded” and “to be injured” to the allow list.
• 現在 - Added “the present” and “present time” to the allow list.
• 募集 - Added “recruitment”, “recruit”, “soliciting”, “solicit”, “collection” and “collect” to the allow list.
• 油断 - Added “inattention”, “carelessness”, “negligence”, “be off guard”, “caught off guard” and “be inattentive” to the allow list, and added two context sentences.
• 出獄 - Added “being released from prison”, “getting out of prison”, “release from jail”, “being released from jail” and “getting out of jail” to the allow list, and added two context sentences.
• 先生 - Updated one common word combination translation.
• 無職 - Added “unemployed” as primary meaning, moved “unemployment” to alternative meanings, updated meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
• 内 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 殺菌 - Moved “sterilisation” to allow list, and added “pasteurization”, “pasteurisation” and “sterilize” to allow list.
• 包み - Updated the reading explanation.
• 推測 - Added “guess” as an alternative meaning, and “supposition”, “inference”, “speculate”, “suppose” and “infer” to allow list.
• 貴い - Added “precious” to the allow list.
• 外人 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 人口 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 人間 - Updated the reading explanation.
• アメリカ人 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 人生 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 人気 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 折る - Made “to fold something” the primary meaning and “to break something” an alternative meaning, added “to fold”, “to break”, “to bend” and “to bend something” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 折れる - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 骨折 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 〜畳 - Added “tatami mat counter” as an alternative meaning.
• 時期 - Moved “time period” and “period of time” to the allow list.
• 郡 - Added “country” to the block list.
• 白旗 - Made しろはた primary reading and updated the reading explanation.
• 浦 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 脱獄 - Added “prison break”, “escape from jail”, “prison breaking” and “prison breach” to the allow list.
• お握り - Updated the reading explanation.
• 被る - Added こうむる to the reading warning list, and added “to suffer” and “to receive” to the meaning warning list.
• 機 - Added はた to the reading warning list, and added “loom” to the meaning warning list.
• 連中 - Added “the gang” as the primary meaning, added “guys” and “bunch” as alternative meanings, moved “colleagues”, “troupe” and “these guys” to the allow list, added “gang” and “crowd” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated two context sentence translations.
• 白人 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 一斤 - Added “1 Loaf of Bread” and “1 Bread Loaf” to the allow list.
• 心配事 - Added “worry”, “trouble” and “concern” to the allow list.
• 等号 - Updated the meaning explanation and updated two context sentences.
• 喫茶店 - Made “cafe” the primary meaning, moved “tea house” to the alternative meanings, added “tearoom” and “coffee bar” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 瑠璃色 - Added “deep blue” to the allow list.
• 亮平 - Added examples to meaning explanation.
• 大輔 - Added examples to meaning explanation, updated reading explanation, added たいふ and おおすけ as alternative readings, and added “Taifu” and “Osuke” as alternative meanings.
• 綾乃 - Added examples to meaning explanation.
• 莉子 - Added examples to meaning explanation.
• 瑛斗 - Add examples to meaning and reading explanations, added あきと as an alternative reading, and added “Akito” as an alternative meaning.
• 遼太 - Updated meaning explanation with examples.
• 拓哉 - Updated meaning explanation with examples.
• 菅原 - Added historical information and examples to meaning explanation.
• 沙羅 - Added examples to meaning explanation.
• 早乙女 - Updated meaning explanation with examples, added “proper noun” as a part of speech, added そうとめ, そおとめ, さをとめ and さとめ to the warning list, and added two example sentences.
• 伸びる - Added “to stretch”, “to lengthen”, “to be extended”, “to extend” and “to improve” to the allow list, and added one context sentence.
• 永遠 - Added “eternal”, “permanent” and “ever” to the allow list, and added two context sentences.
• 借家 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 雷 - Added いかづち to the reading allow list.
• 治療 - Added “treatment”, “therapy”, “medical care”, “care”, “cure” and “treat” to the allow list.
• 果てる - Moved “to be exhausted” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 是非 - Added “right and wrong” as an alternative meaning, added “right or wrong”, “good or bad” and “rights and wrongs” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 外側 - Moved がいそく to reading warning list.
• 平安 - Moved “tranquility” and “tranquil” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 酌む - Added “to scoop” and “to take into consideration” as alternative meanings, moved “to pour” and “to consider” to the allow list, added “to scoop out” to the allow list, updated the meaning and reading explanations, replaced one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 何千 - Added “several thousands” and “how many thousands” as alternative meanings, added “1000s”, “several 1000s”, “many thousands”, “many 1000s” and “how many 1000s” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and added one context sentence.
• 東方 - Added “the East” as an alternative meaning, moved “Touhou” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and replaced all three context sentences.
• 自愛 - Added “taking care of oneself” as an alternative meaning, moved “selfishness” to the allow list, added “self care” and “taking care” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and replaced one context sentence.
• 不等 - Added “unequal” as an alternative meaning, moved “disparity” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and replaced one context sentence.
• 取り分け - Removed “noun” from word types and updated the meaning explanation.
• 人気 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 何人 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 外国人 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 人形 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 役人 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 住人 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 美人 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 病人 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 鉄人 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 主人 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 人数 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 人工 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 三人 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 求人 - Made “recruitment” the primary meaning, moved “help wanted” to an alternative meaning, updated the meaning explanation and updated the reading explanation.
• 友人 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 他人 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 万人 - Updated the reading explanation.
• イギリス人 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 〜人 - Updated the meaning and reading explanation.
• 黒人 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 名人 - Updated the reading explanation.
• フランス人 - Made “french person” the primary and “frenchman” an alternative meaning, added “french people” to the allow list and updated the reading explanation.
• 晩 - Added “light” and “sunlight” to the block list.
• 向ける - Added “to rotate something” to the block list.
• 怒鳴る - Updated the reading explanation.
• 〜拍 - Changed the primary meaning to “counter for beats”, added “beat counter” and “beats” as alternative meanings, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 残余 - Added “remaining” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, updated one context sentence, and replaced one context sentence.
• 対立 - Added “opposite” to the block list.
• 弱々しい - Added “appearing weak” to the allow list.
• 祈る - Added “to break” to the block list.
• 門 - Added “gates” to the allow list.
• 冠 - Made “crown” the primary meaning, moved “traditional cap” to alternative meanings, moved かむりto reading allow list, updated reading explanation, and updated context sentence translation.
• 虫 - Added “creepy-crawly” as an alternative meaning, added “worm” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 景況 - Added “situation” as an alternative meaning, moved “the situation” and “condition” and “outlook” to the allow list, added “outlook”, “business”, “business conditions” and “economic conditions” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, updated one context sentence translation, and added two context sentences.
• 化繊 - Moved “synthetic fibres” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 合繊 - Moved “synthetic fibre” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 逆らう - Added two new context sentences.
• 申す - Updated the pattern of use and updated two common word combinations.
• 諦める - Updated the reading explanation.
• 諦観 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 削除 - Added “delete” as an alternative meaning, and added “eliminate”, “cross out”, “cross off”, and “remove” to the allow list.
• 故に - Added “subsequently” to the block list.
• 作業 - Added “task” to the allow list.
• 手伝う - Added “to help out” to the allow list.
• 感想 - Added “reactions” and “feedback” to the allow list.
• 感じ - Added “feel”, “vibe”, and “sentiment” to the allow list.
• 想定 - Added “expectation” to the allow list.
• 入り江 - Updated the existing context sentence, tweaked its translation, and added two new context sentences.
• 主人 - Added “proprietor” to the allow list.
• 映像 - Added “footage” and “video footage” to the allow list.
• 償う - Added “to atone for” as an alternative meaning, added “to compensate”, “to atone”, “to compensate for something”, “to make up for something” and “to atone for something” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and added two contexts sentences.
• 脱線 - Added “be derailed” as an alternative meaning, moved “derail” to the allow list, added “derailing”, “being derailed”, “digress”, “digressing”, “coming off”, “get sidetracked” and “getting sidetracked” to the allow list, and added two contexts sentences.
• 熱心 - Added “fervor” and “ardor” to the allow list.
• 特選 - Updated first context sentence translation.
• 神様 - Added “deity” to the allow list.
• 思想 - Added “ideology” as an alternative meaning and updated meaning explanation.
• 車輪 - Added “car tire” to the allow list.
• 輪 - Added “circle” as an alternative meaning.
• 追いかける - Added “chase after”, “to chase after something”, and “to chase after someone” to the allow list.
• 練習 - Added “training” and “drill” as alternative meanings.
• 育てる - Added “to cultivate” as an alternative meaning, added “to grow”, “to grow something”, “to train”, “to train someone”, “to develop”, “to nurture”, and “to rear” to the allow list.
• 養う - Added “to cultivate” and “to develop” as alternative meanings, updated the meaning explanation, moved “to rear” to the allow list, and added “to support”, “to provide for”, and “to provide for someone” to the allow list.
• 具合 - Added “state” as an alternative meaning and updated the meaning explanation.
• 協力 - Added “collaboration” and “assistance” as alternative meanings and updated the meaning explanation.
• 参る - Added “to be defeated” and “to be at a loss” as alternative meanings and added to the meaning explanation.
• 合わせる - Added “to adapt” and “to have meet” to the allow list.
• 周り - Added “vicinity” to the allow list.
• 周囲 - Added “surrounding area” to the allow list and updated a context sentence.
• 終点 - Added “last station” to the allow list.
• 回忌 - Added two new context sentences.
• 感覚 - Made “sense” the primary meaning, moved “senses” to the allow list, added “sensation” as an alternative meaning, added “feeling” and “sensibility” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 確かめる - Added “to ascertain” to the allow list.
• 手荷物 - Added “carry-on luggage” and “carry-on baggage” to the allow list.
• 改正 - Added “amendment” and “alteration” as alternative meanings, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 素敵 - Added “wonderful” to the allow list.
• 証言 - Added “verbal evidence” as an alternative meaning, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 済む - Added “to end” and “to finish” to the allow list.
• 図説 - Added “diagram” to the allow list.
• 大切 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 大会 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 大体 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 医大 - Updated the reading explanation.