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Content Updates for May 2021

Written by Jenny·May 1, 2021

These are the content changes we made in May 2021.

Radicals

  • 耳 - added “ears” to allow list.
  • Root - added “good” to block list.

Kanji

  • 埼 - added さき to reading warning list.
  • 軟 - added 欺 to visually similar kanji.
  • 杏 - added 呆 to visually similar kanji.
  • 思 - added 息 to visually similar list.
  • 雌 - added “male” to block list.
  • 床 - added 麻 to visually similar list.
  • 偽 - added 為 to visually similar list.
  • 唇 - added 辱 to visually similar list.
  • 粘 - added 貼 to visually similar list.
  • 漬 - added 清 to visually similar list.
  • 貸 - added 貨 to visually similar list.
  • 焦 - added 無 to visually similar list.
  • 喋 - added 葉 to visually similar list.
  • 歴 - added “discontinuation” to block list.
  • 付 - added “attack” to block list.
  • 稲 - added とう as on’yomi.
  • 鈴 - added れい as on’yomi.
  • 折 - added 祈 to visually similar list.

Vocabulary

  • 来年 - added “last year” to block list.
  • アメリカ人 - added “America” to block list.
  • 冬休み - added “summer holiday” to the block list.
  • 十日 - added “twenty days” to the block list.
  • 会社 - added “office” to allow list.
  • 外れる - updated meaning explanation.
  • 広がる - updated meaning explanation.
  • 欠ける - updated reading explanation.
  • 外す - updated reading explanation.
  • 伝 - updated reading explanation.
  • 外す - (はずす) - to disconnect something
  • 広げる - (ひろげる) - to spread something
  • 点く - (つく) - to be lit
  • 転がす - (ころがす) - to roll something
  • 欠く - (かく) - to lack something
  • 進める - (すすめる) - to advance something
  • 苦しめる - (くるしめる) - to hurt someone
  • 終える - (おえる) - to finish something
  • 思わず - added “intentionally” to block list.
  • 用 - updated reading explanation.
  • 減る - added “to be increased” to block list.
  • 回想 - added “introspection” to block list.
  • 一歩 - added “1 step” to the allow list.
  • 旋律 - updated context sentence.
  • 独り言 - added “talking to oneself” to allow list.
  • 別荘 - added ‘vacation home’ to allow list.
  • 特殊 - added ‘specialty’ to block list.
  • 広げる - added “to expand something” and “to extend something” to allow list.
  • 既決 - added “undecided” to block list.
  • 田代島 - added “Takashima Island” to block list.
  • 無報酬 - changed primary meaning and updated meaning explanation.
  • 〜丁目 - added “distance” to block list.
  • 祝日 - added “national holiday” and “public holiday” to the meanings, moved “holiday” to allow list, changed meaning mnemonic.
  • 出所 - added “escape from prison” to block list.
  • 訴える - added “to refuse” to block list.
  • 残す - added “to remain behind” to block list.
  • 自動詞 - added “self-move verb” to the allow list.
  • 他動詞 - added “other-move verb” to the allow list.
  • 船酔い - added “seasickness” as primary meaning, moved “sea sickness” to allow list.
  • 高校生 - added “high school” to block list.
  • 戯曲 - updated context sentence.
  • 入り口 - updated reading explanation.
  • 気に入る - moved “to be pleased with” “to be satisfied with” and “to be happy with” to allow list and updated meaning and reading explanations.
  • 振る - added “to shake something”, “to wave something”, “to swing something”, and “to break up with someone” to meanings, moved “to shake”, “to wave”, “to reject”, “to swing”, “to break up with”, “to dump” and “to reject” to allow list, updated meaning and reading explanations, and added two context sentences.
  • 口にする - added “to enter” to block list.
  • 空席 - added “vacant seat” and “unoccupied seat” to allow list.
  • 供える - updated reading explanation.
  • 岡山県 - added “Okuyama prefecture” and “Okuyama ken” to the block list. Added “Okayama Ken” to the allow list.
  • 治す - added “to ease” to meanings, updated meaning explanation, and added “to cure something”, “to heal something” and “to ease something” to allow list.
  • 改まる - updated the meaning and reading explanations.
  • 進める - replaced one context sentence.
  • 複数形 - added “plural form” to meanings, updated meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.