Content Updates for July 2025

These are the content changes we made in July 2025.

Additions and Movements

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

Wed, July 2, 2025 (9 items)

New Items

• 解答 vocab - added this vocab to level 12
• 頭部 vocab - added this vocab to level 17
• 叶える vocab - added this vocab to level 23
• 姪 kanji - added this kanji to level 30
• 姪 vocab - added this vocab to level 30
• 拭う vocab - added this vocab to level 33

Level Changes

• Level 23: 解く vocab - moved down to level 13
• Level 23: 理解する vocab - moved down to level 14
• Level 18: 叩頭 vocab - moved up to level 60

Reasoning

• 解-related items (vocab 解答, 解く, 理解する): Adding 解答 as this is a common word 2 levels higher than 回答 (level 10) to avoid interference. As 解 moved to level 10, we also moved 理解する and 解く down to group similar vocabulary but at different levels for better scaffolding.
• vocab 頭部 and 叩頭: Adding 頭部 for 頭’s とう reading in order to move up the uncommon 叩頭 to level 60.
• vocab 叶える: This continues scaffolding from 叶う added in earlier batches.
• kanji 姪, vocab 姪: These introduce new and common kanji and vocab.
• vocab 拭う: 拭う introduces new reading of the kanji 拭. We added them at different levels from other 拭-items for better scaffolding.

Wed, July 9, 2025 (8 items)

New Items

• 一千万 vocab - added this vocab to level 6
• 手拭い vocab - added this vocab to level 34
• 天の川 vocab - added this vocab to level 38
• 双方 vocab - added this vocab to level 42

Level Changes

• Level 2: 一千 vocab - moved up to level 6
• Level 21: 解ける vocab - moved down to level 15
• Level 23: 了解 vocab - moved down to level 15

Hide

• Level 42: 双 vocab - hiding

Reasoning

• vocab 一千万 and 一千: We added the more common 一千万 to move up the less common 一千 to level 6.
• vocab 手拭い: This continues scaffolding from 拭う added in earlier batches.
• vocab 天の川: We didn’t have anything for 天’s あま reading, so we added this.
• vocab 双, 双方: The vocab 双 is obscure yet easy to infer from context with the kanji knowledge, so we hid it and replaced it with the more useful 双方.
• 解-related items (vocab 了解, 解ける): This movements is part of the reorganization of 解 items, spacing out the different readings and compounds.

Other Updates

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

Radicals

• Cross - Added “10” to the warning list.
• Ground - Added “1” to the warning list.
• Fins - Added “8” to the warning list.

Kanji

• 風 - Removed incorrect context highlighting from reading mnemonic.
• 叩 - Moved たた to the primary reading, moved こう to the alternative readings, and updated the reading explanation and hint.
• 貝 - Added 頁 to the visually similar kanji list.
• 具 - Added 頁 to the visually similar kanji list.
• 負 - Added 頁 to the visually similar kanji list.
• 絡 - Updated the meaning hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 略 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 稲 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 曇 - Added どん and たん to the warning list.
• 悟 - Added “realise” and “realisation” to the allow list.
• 棒 - Moved “wooden pole” to the allow list, added “stick” as an alternative meaning, added “club,” “bar,” “line,” and “stroke” to the warning list, and updated the meaning mnemonic, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 巣 - Added “habitat,” “honeycomb,” “beehive,” “web,” “spider’s web,” “spider web,” “den,” “lair,” and “haunt” to the warning list.

Vocabulary

• 西 - Added さい to the warned reading list.
• 解く - Moved “to untie something” and “to untie” to the warning list, updated the reading explanation, added common word combinations, updated one context sentence, and added one context sentence.
• 理解する - Updated three context sentences and added common word combinations.
• 解ける - Moved “to come undone,” “to be untied,” and “to get untied” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
• 叩く - Updated the reading explanation.
• 役割 - Added “rule” to the block list.
• 叩頭 - Added “kowtowing” and “bowing” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
• 〜斤 - Fixed a typo in one context sentence.
• 一千万 - Added “one million” to the block list.
• 解ける - Updated two context sentences and added common word combinations.
• 移る - Updated one context sentence.
• 宜しい - Added “alright” to the allow list and updated the context sentence translation.
• 呉越同舟 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 放送する - Fixed a typo in one context sentence.
• 心配事 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 隠す - Added “to shine” to the block list.
• 現す - Added “to shine” to the block list.
• 光景 - Updated one context sentence translation.
• 横浜 - Updated one context sentence translation.
• 廃止 - Added “absolution” to the block list.
• 将棋 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 世に出る - Fixed a typo in one context sentence.
• 粉砕 - Added “pulverisation” to the allow list.
• 力 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 近い - Updated the reading explanation.
• 〜以上 - Moved “more than” to the allow list, changed the primary meaning to “no less than”, moved “that’s all” to the warning list, added “more than,” “greater than or equal to,” “equal to or greater than,” “not less than,” and “and up” to the allow list, added “in excess of,” “upward of,” “at least,” “the above,” “earlier mentioned,” “above mentioned,” “mentioned,” “stated,” “earlier stated,” “above stated,” “above,” “foregoing,” “preceding,” “that’s it,” and “that’s everything” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and added three context sentence translations.
• 〜以下 - Moved “less than” to the allow list, changed the primary meaning to “no more than”, moved “not exceeding” to the allow list, moved “below” to the warning list, added “less than or equal to,” “equal to or less than,” “not more than,” “no greater than,” “up to and including,” “at most,” “or under,” and “or fewer” to the allow list, added “under,” “as follows,” “the below mentioned,” “beneath,” “the rest,” “followed by,” “including,” and “the following” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated four context sentence translations.
• 放送する - Updated one context sentence translation.
• 解答 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 億 - added “10 million” and “ten million” to the block list.
• 無力 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 喉頭 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 断る - Added “to cut down” to the block list.
• 乳首 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 告訴 - Moved “accusation” to the allow list, moved “charge” to the warning list, added “criminal complaint” as the primary meaning, added “formal accusation” and “prosecution request” as alternative meanings, added “complaint” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated two context sentence translations.
• 居酒屋 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 乾く - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 恐らく - Moved “I dare say,” “maybe,” and “as likely as not” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 飾り気 - added “affection” to the block list.
• 乾かす - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 自薦 - Added “self-nomination” as an alternative meaning, and updated one context sentence translation.
• 有意 - Updated one context sentence translation.
• 言葉遣い - Added “word use” as an alternative meaning, added “word usage,” “word choice,” “way of speaking,” and “manner of speaking” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 小遣い - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 稲作 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 稲田 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 暫く - Added “a while,” “a little while,” and “for a short time” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
• 稲穂 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 爽やか - Moved “eloquent” to the warning list, added “clear” and “articulate” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, added three new context sentences, and updated one context sentence translation.
• 培う - Updated the reading explanation.
• 誓い - Updated the reading explanation.
• 蓮花 - Moved “lotus” to the allow list, added “Chinese milk vetch” and “ramen spoon” as alternative meanings, added “milk vetch,” “porcelain spoon,” “noodle spoon,” and “soup spoon” to the allow list, added “spoon” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 王子 - Updated one context sentence translation.
• 太る - Moved “to grow fat” and “to become fat” to the allow list, and added “to fatten” to the allow list.
• 人気 - Added ひとけ reading to the warning list, and added “sign of life,” “signs of life,” “trace of life,” “traces of life,” “sign of human presence,” “human presence,” and “presence of people” to the warning list.
• 同日 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 〜時 - Added とき and どき readings to the warning list.
• 思い出す - Added “to be reminded of” as an alternative meaning, added “to be reminded of something” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 一番 - Updated one context sentence translation.
• 読み方 - added “way of selling” to the block list.
• 点く - Updated the reading explanation.
• 車輪 - Moved “tire” and “car wheel” to the allow list, added “wheel” as the primary meaning, added “car tyre,” “car tire,” “wheels,” “vehicle wheel,” “vehicle wheels,” “vehicle tire,” and “vehicle tyre” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, updated common word combinations, and updated one context sentence translation.
• 載る - Added “to put on” to the block list
• 光景 - Updated one context sentence translation.
• ご覧 - Moved “look at,” “see,” and “watch” to the allow list, added “looking at” as the primary meaning, added “seeing” and “watching” as alternative meanings, added “looking” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and changed word type to noun and expression.
• 快楽 - Moved “enjoyment” to the allow list, added “delight” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 地下街 - Moved “shopping centre” to the warning list, added “underground shopping centre” to the allow list, added “shopping center” and “underground city” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 離婚 - Added “getting a divorce” as an alternative meaning, and added “get a divorce,” “divorcing,” “be divorced,” “being divorced,” “get divorced,” and “getting divorced” to the allow list.
• 融合 - Added “fuse,” “fusing,” “blend,” “blending,” “integrate,” “integrating,” and “integration” to the allow list, added “melt,” “melting,” “harmony,” “harmonize,” and “harmonizing” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 棒 - Moved “wooden pole” to the allow list, added “stick” as an alternative meaning, added “club,” “bar,” “line,” and “stroke” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 巣 - Moved “habitat” to the warning list, added “honeycomb,” “beehive,” “web,” “spider’s web,” “spider web,” “den,” “lair,” “burrow,” “hive,” “bee’s hive,” “haunt,” “home,” “hideout,” “dwelling,” and “animal dwelling” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 散らかす - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 砂 - Updated one context sentence translation.
• 御覧になる - Moved “to please look” to the warning list, added “to see” and “to watch” as alternative meanings, added “to look at,” “to look at something,” “to see something,” and “to watch something” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 兼ねる - Updated one context sentence translation.
• 総括 - Moved “synthesis” and “recap” to the allow list, added “summing up” as the primary meaning, added “overview” as an alternative meaning, added “summarizing,” “recapping,” “generalization,” “generalizing,” “comprehensive,” “giving an overview,” “providing an overview,” “sum up,” “summarize,” “generalize,” “give an overview,” “provide an overview,” and “overall assessment” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and added three context sentence translations.
• 沼田 - Moved ぬた reading to the warning list, moved “marshy rice paddy” to the allow list, added “numata” as an alternative meaning, added “muddy rice field,” “muddy rice paddy,” and “numada” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 租界 - Moved “concession” and “settlement” to the allow list, changed the primary meaning to “foreign concession”, added “foreign settlement” as an alternative meaning, added “foreign-controlled area,” “foreign-controlled zone,” “foreign-controlled district,” “foreign enclave,” and “leased area” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 悟る - Added “to realise” to the allow list.
• 楓糖 - Changed the primary reading to かえでとう, changed the alternative reading to ふうとう, added “maple” and “maple syrup” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
• 絹糸 - Updated the reading explanation.