Content Updates for March 2024

These are the content changes we made in March 2024.

Radicals

• 品 - Added “product” to the allow list.
• 離 - Updated the meaning mnemonic.

Kanji

• 竹 - Updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 車 - Added 重 and 垂 to the visually similar list.
• 頭 - Added 頑 to the visually similar list.
• 努 - Added 怒 to the visually similar list.
• 島 - Added 鳥 to the visually similar list.
• 済 - Added ざい to the warning list.
• 涼 - Changed the primary reading from the on’yomi りょう to the kun’yomi すず, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 枢 - Added くるる to the warning list.
• 箸 - Moved ちゃく to the warning list, and added ちょ to the warning list.
• 贅 - Made “extravagant” the primary meaning, moved “luxury” to the allow list, and updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic and reading hint.
• 繊 - Added “fibre” to the allow list.
• 非 - Added “justice” to the block list.
• 訟 - Added “sue” to the allow list.
• 花 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 赤 - Updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 図 - Updated the radical component order, meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 辛 - Changed the primary meaning from the on’yomi しん to the kun’yomi から, updated the reading mnemonic and reading hint.
• 鼻 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
• 節 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and hint.

Vocabulary

• 上手 - Added “unskillful” to the block list.
• 上手い - Added “unskillful” to the block list.
• 足りない - Removed “ichidan verb” from the word type, and added “expression” to the word type.
• 社長 - Moved “manager” and “director” to the warning list, added “CEO,” “Chief Executive Officer,” and “President” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 早口 - Updated the warning message for はやぐち.
• 黒人 - Updated the meaning explanation, updated the reading explanation, and updated the translations of three context sentences.
• 手紙 - Updated a context sentence.
• 電車 - Updated one common word combination.
• 乗る - Added “to get on” and “to board” as the alternative meaning.
• 発売中 - Added “available now” and “now in stores” to the alternative meanings list.
• 根 - Added “roof” to the block list.
• 寒い - Updated the reading explanation.
• 着く - Added はく to the warning list.
• 記念日 - Moved “anniversary” to the primary meaning, added “milestone date,” “milestone day,” “anniversary date,” and “anniversary day” to the allow list, moved “holiday” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 勇む - Added “intransitive verb” to the word type.
• 光栄 - Updated the meaning explanation and a context sentence.
• 涼しい - Updated the reading explanation, updated a context sentence and add two context sentences, and added common word combinations.
• 涼む - Updated the reading explanation, add two context sentences, and added common word combinations.
• 載せる - Added “to be placed on” to the block list.
• 栄える - Replaced a context sentence.
• 栄光 - Updated the reading expression and a context sentence.
• お構いなく - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 編む - Added “to edit” and “to compile” to the warning list.
• 押入れ - Updated the context sentence.
• 活躍 - Made “active participation” the primary meaning, added “activity”, “success”, and “do great” as alternative meanings, moved “activities” and “great efforts” to the allow list, added “great effort”, “doing great”, “do well”, “doing well”, “be active”, “be active in”, “being active”, “being active in”, “action”, “participate actively”, “participate actively in”, “participating actively”, “participating actively in”, “take an active part”, “take an active part in”, “taking an active part”, “taking an active part in”, “play an active part”, “play an active part in”, “playing an active part”, “playing an active part in”, “success”, “be successful”, “being successful”, “succeed”, and “succeeding” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, updated and added new context sentences, and added common word combinations.
• 虚栄心 - Updated one context sentence.
• 虚弱 - Updated two context sentences.
• 畑 - Changed 〜畑 to 畑, moved はた to the warning list, added “farmland” as the alternative meaning, moved “crop” to the warning list, added “garden,” “patch,” “plot,” “plantation,” “farm,” and “paddy” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
• 田畑 - Added “fields” as the primary meaning, added “rice and crop fields” and “farmland” as the alternative meaning, moved “field,” “field of rice,” and “field of crops” to the allow list, added “field of rice and crops,” “field of crops and rice,” “fields of crops and rice,” “the fields,” “rice paddies and fields,” “fields and rice paddies,” and “fields of rice and crops” to the allow list, added “crop,” “rice,” “garden,” “patch,” “plot,” “plantation,” “farm,” “paddy,” and “rice paddy” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 涼風 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 清涼 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 吾輩 - Added one context sentence.
• 麻酔 - Moved “anesthetic” and “anaesthetic” to the allow list.
• 疎開 - Added “evacuate” and “evacuating” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 上る - Added “to ascend” to the allow list.
• イギリス人 - Added “English” to the warning list.
• フランス人 - Added “French” to the warning list.
• 打つ - Added ぶつ to the warning list.
• 外国人 - Added “Foreign” to the warning list.
• 仮定 - Moved “hypothesis” to the allow list, made “assume” an alternative meaning, added “supposition”, “assuming”, “supposing”, “presuming”, and “hypothesizing” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 別人 - Added べつにん to the warning list.
• 家庭 - Updated a context sentence.
• 期待 - Made “anticipation” an alternative meaning, moved “expect” and “anticipate” to the allow list, added “expecting” and “anticipating” to the allow list, added “look forward”, “look forward to”, “looking forward”, “looking forward to”, “prospect”, “count on”, and “counting on” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 予想 - Moved “anticipation” to the allow list, added “forecast”, “prospect”, “guess”, “supposition”, “estimate”, “estimation”, “expecting”, “anticipating”, “predicting”, “guessing”, “suppose”, “supposing”, “estimating”, “assumption”, “assume”, and “assuming” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 想定 - Made “assumption” the primary meaning, made “expectation” an alternative meaning, moved “hypothesis” and “supposition” to the allow list, added “assuming”, “estimate”, “estimating”, “expect”, “expecting”, “suppose”, “supposing”, “anticipation”, “anticipate”, “anticipating”, and “assume” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 回想 - Made “reminiscence” the primary meaning, made “recollection” an alternative meaning, moved “retrospection” to the allow list, added “reminisce”, “reminiscing”, “recollect”, “look back”, “looking back”, and “recollecting” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 思想 - Added “ideology” as the primary meaning, made “thought” an alternative meaning, added “thinking”, “big idea”, and “belief” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 想像する - Added “to picture”, “to picture something”, “to visualize”, “to visualize something”, “to visualise”, and “to visualise something” to the allow list, and added “to think”, “to guess”, “to suppose”, and “to fancy” to the warning list.
• 感想 - Moved “reactions” to the warning list, added “opinion”, “one’s opinion”, “one’s thoughts”, and “review” to the allow list, added “view”, “one’s view”, and “comment” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 落ち着く - Added “to come down” to the block list.
• 事典 - Added “dictionary” as the alternative meaning, added “encyclopaedia” to the allow list, and updated the translations of three common word combinations.
• 仮説 - Added “supposition” and “tentative theory” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and added common word combinations.
• 飴 - Added “lollipop” as the alternative meaning, moved “sweets” to the allow list, added “sweet” and “lollypop” to the allow list, added “lozenge” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 胸 - Added “breast,” “bosom,” and “bust” to the allow list, and added “heart,” “arms,” “lung,” “lungs,” “stomach,” and “mind” to the warning list.
• 求人 - Updated the translation of one common word combination.
• 混乱する - Added “to put in disorder” to the block list.
• 検査 - Added two context sentences.
• 書評 - Updated a context sentence translation.
• 判断する - Updated a context sentence translation.
• 主観 - Added “objective view” and “objective opinion” to the block list.
• 評判 - Updated a context sentence translation.
• 贅沢 - Made “luxury” the primary meaning, made “extravagant” an alternative meaning, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 似合う - Updated a context sentence translation and added two context sentences.
• 推定 - Made “estimation” the primary meaning, made “estimate” an alternative meaning, moved “assumption” to the allow list, updated and added new context sentences, and added common word combinations.
• 推測 - Added “guessing”, “surmise”, “speculate”, “speculating”, “supposing”, “surmising”, “inferring”, “deduce”, and “deducing” to the allow list, added “gather” and “gathering” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, updated and added new context sentences, and added common word combinations.
• 予測 - Added “estimation” and “forecast” as alternative meanings, added “predict”, “predicting”, “forecasting”, “estimate”, “estimating”, “speculation”, “speculate”, and “speculating” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, added two new context sentences, and added common word combinations.
• 万人 - Replaced two context sentences, updated a context sentence translation, replaced two common word combinations and updated a translation for a common word combination.
• 辛抱 - Updated the reading mnemonic.
• 香辛料 - Updated the context sentence translation.
• 竜 - Added たつ to the warning list.
• 嫁ぐ - Added “to marry into” as an alternative meaning, added “to marry into a family” and “to marry into another family” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and added common word combinations.
• 桑原 - Updated the meaning and reading explanations.
• 洗濯粉 - Added “laundry detergent” to the allow list.
• 新陳代謝 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 追悼 - Updated the context sentence translation.
• 湧く - Added common word combinations.
• 湧水 - Added common word combinations.
• 毎度 - Replaced one context sentence with new one.
• 日本酒 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 注意 - Added “intention” to the block list.
• 比例 - Added one context sentence.
• 単語 - Added “vocab” to the allow list.
• 劇団 - Added “dramatic company,” “acting troupe,” and “theatrical troupe” to the allow list, and moved “troupe” to the warning list.
• 財閥 - Added “business combine” and “conglomerate” to the allow list, and added “family” and “clan” to the warning list.
• 得る - Added うる to the warning list.
• 静々 - Added せいせい to the warning list.
• 煙い - Added けぶい to the warning list.
• 時候 - Added “seasonal climate” as the primary meaning, added “seasonal weather” as an alternative meaning, made “season” an alternative meaning, moved “time of year” and “weather” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 暮れる - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 蓄える - Updated the reading explanation.
• 貯える - Updated the reading explanation.
• 弔う - Added “to console” to the block list.
• 下手 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 切手 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 自分 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 辛い - Updated the meaning and reading explanations, replaced one context sentence and added two context sentences, and added common word combinations.
• 辛口 - Replaced three context sentences and added common word combinations.
• 辛子 - Added “Japanese mustard” and “karashi” as alternative meanings, added “hot pepper,” “pepper,” “red hot pepper,” and “red hot chili pepper” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, replaced one context sentences, added three context sentences, and added common word combinations.
• 辺 - Updated one context sentence.
• 合わせる - Moved “to suit” to the warning list.
• 存在する - Added one context sentence.
• 年賀状 - Removed one context sentence, and added two context sentence.
• 判断する - Updated two context sentences, and updated the translation of one context sentence.
• 法則 - Updated one context sentence.
• 辞職 - Updated the translation of one context sentence.
• 指導 - Updated the translation of two context sentences.
• 裁判 - Updated one context sentence.
• 備える - Updated one context sentence.
• 挙げる - Updated one context sentence.
• 幹 - Added two context sentences.
• 城 - Added two context sentences.
• 鬼 - Added two context sentences.
• 呼ぶ - Added two context sentences.
• 停止 - Added two context sentences.
• 現場 - Added two context sentences.
• 俳優 - Added two context sentences.
• 基準 - Added two context sentences.
• 俳句 - Added two context sentences.
• 贅沢 - Added two context sentences.
• 停電 - Added two context sentences.
• 革命 - Added two context sentences.
• 導く - Added two context sentences.
• 優秀 - Added two context sentences.
• 法律 - Added two context sentences.
• 割合 - Added two context sentences.
• 表現 - Added two context sentences.
• 優勝 - Added two context sentences.
• 現に - Added two context sentences.
• 職員 - Added two context sentences.
• 演技 - Added two context sentences.
• 川崎 - Added two context sentences.
• 上演 - Added two context sentences.
• 収入 - Added two context sentences.
• 新幹線 - Added two context sentences.
• 委員会 - Added two context sentences.
• 秀でる - Added two context sentences.
• 済ます - Added two context sentences.
• 増やす - Added two context sentences.
• 責任感 - Added two context sentences.
• 確認する - Added two context sentences.
• 保護する - Added two context sentences.
• 施行 - Added two context sentences, and added しぎょう and せぎょう to the warning list.
• 心得る - Added two context sentences, and added こころうる to the warning list.
• 張る - Added three context sentences.
• 教師 - Added three context sentences.
• 沢山 - Added three context sentences.
• 吸収 - Added three context sentences.
• 施設 - Added three context sentences.
• 理解する - Added three context sentences.
• 検査する - Updated one context sentence, and added one context sentence.
• 職場 - Updated one context sentence, and added one context sentence.
• 無職 - Updated one context sentence, and added one context sentence.
• 台詞 - Updated one context sentence, and updated the translation of one context sentence.
• 弁護士 - Updated the translation of one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 経済的 - Updated the translation of one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 反則 - Updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 現れる - Updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 役割 - Updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 住宅 - Updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 優しい - Updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• バス停 - Updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 看護師 - Updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 現実 - Updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 準備 - Updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 求職 - Updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 長崎 - Updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 職業 - Updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 割る - Updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 男優 - Updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 了解 - Updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 有職 - Updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 優先 - Updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 牛乳 - Updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 吸血鬼 - Updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 領収書 - Updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 革 - Updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 経済学 - Updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 現在 - Updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 批判する - Updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 乳首 - Updated two context sentences, and added two context sentences.
• 医師 - Updated one context sentence, and added three context sentences, and added いしゃ to the warning list.
• 割り算 - Updated the translation of one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 裁く - Updated three context sentences.
• 自宅 - Removed one context sentences, and added three context sentences.
• 演芸 - Removed one context sentences, and added three context sentences.
• 演ずる - Removed one context sentences, and added three context sentences.
• 規律 - Updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 規則 - Updated two context sentences.
• 締結する - Made “to conclude” the primary meaning, added “to enter into” as an alternative meaning, moved “to ratify” and “to bind” to the allow list, added “to finalize” and “to sign” to the allow list, added “to make” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 板 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 不振 - Added “a slump” as the primary meaning, added “sluggish” as an alternative meaning, moved “dullness”, “slump”, and “stagnation” to the allow list, added “dull”, “struggle”, “slack”, “struggling”, “in a slump”, “poor performance”, and “downturn” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, updated and added context sentences, and added common word combinations.
• 股関節 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 総理府 - Added two context sentences.
• 辛抱 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 香辛料 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 紅 - Updated the meaning and reading explanations.
• 至る - Updated the reading explanation.