Content Updates for June 2021

These are the content changes we made in June 2021.

Radicals

• 麦 - wheat

Kanji

• 頑 - added 願 to visually similar.
• 刑 - added 刊 to visually similar.
• 麺 (めん) - noodles
• 受 - added 授 to visually similar.
• 生 - added 牛 and 午 to visually similar.
• 容 - added い as kun’yomi.
• 役 - added えき as on’yomi.
• 昔 - added せき and しゃく as on’yomi.
• 島 - updated meaning mnemonic and hint.
• 自 - added みずか as kun’yomi.
• 非 - added “criminal” to the meaning warning list.
• 柵 (さく) - fence
• 拉 (ら) - abduct
• 嫌 - added “hate” and “detest” to allow list.
• 丼 - changed どん from on’yomi to kun’yomi and made kun’yomi primary reading.
• 颯 - added はやて as kun’yomi.
• 濃 - added “think” to block list.
• 笠 - added りゅう as on’yomi.
• 連 - added “connect” as a meaning and updated meaning mnemonic.
• 苺 (いちご) - strawberry
• 股 (こ) - crotch

Vocabulary

• 本屋 - updated reading explanation.
• 欠ける - updated reading explanation.
• 百万 - added “billion” to block list.
• 預かる - updated context sentence.
• 帆 - updated context sentence.
• 他動詞 - added “intransitive verb” to block list.
• 除く - added “to remain” to block list.
• 預かる - updated context sentence.
• 募る - added “to live” to the block list.
• 意識 - added “unconscious” and “unconsciousness” to the block list.
• 山びこ - updated meaning explanation.
• 竹の子 - added “bamboo shoot” and “bamboo sprout” as primary readings and moved “bamboo shoots” and “bamboo sprouts” to allow list.
• 複数形 - added “plural form” to meanings.
• 収める - updated reading explanation.
• 踏み込む - added “to step on” to the block list.
• 文章 - added “essay” to the allow list.
• 驚く - added “to surprise” and “to shock” to the block list.
• 合わせる - added “to suit” to the block list.
• 沼田 - added “Numata” to the allow list.
• 東側 - added “west side” to block list.
• 退ける - added “to miss” to block list.
• 転がる - added “to fall” to block list.
• 価 - added “price” to alternative meanings.
• 勘定 - updated reading mnemonic.
• 済ます - added “to finish something” as primary meaning, added “to settle something” as alternative meaning, and moved “to finish” and “to settle” to allow list.
• 先月 - added “next month” to block list.
• 麺 (めん) - noodles
• 麺棒 (めんぼう) - rolling pin
• 麺つゆ (めんつゆ) - mentsuyu
• 素麺 (そうめん) - somen
• 大勢 - added “a large number” to meanings, “crowd of people” to allow list, “general situation” and “general trend” to meaning warning list, and たいせい to reading warning list, updated meaning explanation, and added a context sentence.
• 無料 - added “fee” to block list.
• 先週 - added “next week” to block list.
• 喫煙 - added “no smoking,” “no-smoking,” “non smoking,” and “non-smoking” to the block list.
• 鰐蟹 - added “kaniwani” to the block list.
• 代わる - added “to be pleased” to the block list.
• 銅山 - updated reading explanation.
• 別人 - added “another person” to allow list.
• 無知 - added “ignorant” as an alternative meaning.
• 左翼 - added “left hand” to block list.
• 排他 - added “exception” to block list.
• 排除 - added “exception” to block list.
• 今度 - updated meaning explanation.
• 太鼓 - updated meaning explanation and context sentences.
• 烏賊 - updated meaning explanation and added a context sentence.
• 通る - added “to travel along” and “to stop by” as meanings and updated meaning explanation.
• 床 - added とこ to reading warning list and added two context sentences.
• 用 - moved “function” to allow list and added もち to reading warning list.
• 収まる - updated meaning explanation.
• 偽物 - added ぎぶつ to reading allow list and added two context sentences.
• 三つ - added みつ to reading warning list.
• 八つ - add やつ to reading warning list.
• 入団 - made “enrollment” the primary meaning, added “joining” as a meaning, moved “join” and “enlist” to allow list, added “enlisting” to allow list, and updated meaning explanation.
• 詐欺 - added “swindling” and “scam” to meanings, and “swindle” and “cheating” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
• 働く - added “to commit” to meanings and updated meaning explanation.
• 物語 - updated meaning explanation.
• 楽天主義 - updated meaning explanation and added two context sentences.
• 摂氏 - updated meaning explanation and added two context sentences.
• 下唇 - updated reading explanation and added two context sentences.
• 柵 (さく) - fence
• 鉄柵 (てっさく) - iron fence
• 電気柵 (でんきさく) - electric fence
• 拉致 (らち) - abduction
• 中華麺 (ちゅうかめん) - Chinese noodles
• 喜ぶ - added “to be glad” to meanings and added “to be pleased”, “to be delighted”, and “to be happy” to allow list.
• 倒す - added “to overthrow”, “to knock something down”, “to bring something down”, “to overthrow something”, “to topple”, “to topple something”, and “to knock something over” to allow list. Updated meaning explanation.
• 存在 - added “exist” to allow list.
• 退ける - added のける and どける to reading warning list.
• 退く - added のく, どく, and ひく to reading warning list.
• 金 - added かね to reading warning list.
• 丼 - updated meaning explanation, updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 審査 - added “judgement”, “judging”, and “screening” to allow list and added context sentence.
• 人類 - moved “race of people” to allow list and added “human beings” to allow list.
• 混ぜる - moved “to mix”, “to stir”, and “to blend” to allow list.
• 認める - added したためる to reading warning list, and added “to recognize something”, “to perceive something”, “to acknowledge something”, “to approve something”, and “to admit something” to allow list.
• 止める - added “to prevent something” to meanings, moved “to stop” to allow list, added “to prevent”, “to hold”, and “to hold something” to allow list, and added やめると and どめる to reading warning list.
• 面倒臭い - added “annoying” to meanings, added “too much bother” and “too much trouble” to allow list, added めんどくさい as a reading, and added two context sentences.
• 不足 - added “sufficient” to block list.
• 終点 - added “final score” to block list.
• 終える - added “to end something” to meanings and “to end” to allow list.
• 発掘 - added “discovery” to meanings, moved “unearthing” to allow list, and added context sentences.
• いい加減 - added “responsible” to block list.
• 点く - added “to go on”, “to catch fire”, and “to be lighted” to allow list.
• 何日 - added “noun” as word type, updated reading explanation and context sentences.
• 何回 - added “expression” as word type.
• 何人 - added “expression” as word type.
• 通す - added “to let something pass” as primary meaning and “to put something through” as alternative meaning, moved “to let pass”, “to overlook”, “to continue”, “to keep”, “to make way for”, and “to persist in” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and replaced one context sentence.
• 締まる - added “to be toned” as a meaning, moved “to become taut” to allow list, added “to be taut” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
• 広げる - added “to spread open”, “to spread something open”, “to spread out”, “to spread something out”, “to unfold”, and “to unfold something” to allow list.
• 今月 - updated context sentences.
• 愛知県 - , 長崎県, 徳島県, 熊本県, 神奈川県, 鹿児島県, 香川県, 奈良県, 群馬県, 埼玉県, 沖縄県, 岐阜県, 愛媛県, 茨城県, and 栃木県 - added “[…] Ken” to the allow list (e.g. “Aichi Ken” for 愛知県).
• 苺 (いちご) - strawberry
• 股間 (こかん) - crotch
• 股関節 (こかんせつ) - hip joint
• 拉麺 (らーめん) - ramen