Content Updates for May 2024

These are the content changes we made in May 2024.

Radicals

• 易 - Updated the meaning mnemonic.
• 監 - Added “surveillance,” “observation,” “observe,” “watch,” and “supervise” to the warning list.
• 更 - Added “renew” as the primary meaning, moved “again” to the allow list, added “furthermore” and “further” to the warning list, and updated the meaning mnemonic.
• 女 - Added “girl” to the allow list, and added “female” to the warning list.
• 田 - Added “paddy” and “paddy field” to the allow list, and added “field” to the warning list.
• 子 - Added “kid” to the allow list.
• 才 - Added “talent” as the primary meaning, moved “genius” to the allow list, and updated the meaning mnemonic.
• 召 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, and added “call upon” and “call over” to the allow list.

Kanji

• 二 - Updated the meaning hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 南 - Added 両 to the visually similar list.
• 監 - Added “surveillance” as the alternative meaning, and added “observation,” “observe,” “watch,” and “supervise” to the allow list.
• 督 - Added “direct” as the primary meaning, added “supervise” as the alternative meaning, moved “coach” to the allow list, added “supervisor,” “watch,” “oversee,” and “director” to the allow list, updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 更 - Moved “renew” to the primary meaning, moved “again” to the allow list, added “furthermore” and “further” to the allow list, updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 酎 - Added “hard liquor” as the primary meaning, moved “sake” to the allow list, added “alcohol,” “liquor,” and “hard alcohol” to the allow list, updated the meaning mnemonics and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 硬 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and hint.
• 女 - Added “girl” to the allow list.
• 田 - Moved “field” to the warning list, and added “paddy” and “paddy field” to the allow list.
• 子 - Added “kids” and “children” to the allow list.
• 了 - Added “done” to the allow list.
• 門 - Updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 急 - Added 息 to the visually similar list.
• 涼 - Added “refreshing” to the allow list, and added “clear” to the warning list.
• 涙 - Updated the reading mnemonic.
• 孔 - Updated the reading hint.
• 又 - Updated the reading mnemonic.
• 漢 - Added “man” as an alternative meaning, added おとこ to the kun’yomi, updated the meaning mnemonic, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 勇 - Moved “valor” and “valour” to the allow list.
• 枚 - Added “flat thing,” “flat thing counter,” and “counter of flat things” to the allow list.
• 庶 - Added “common” as the primary meaning, added “all sorts” as the alternative meaning, moved “all” to the allow list, added “many,” “various,” “all sorts of,” “all kinds of,” “all kinds,” “all types,” “all types of,” and “all” to the allow list, added “bastard” to the warning list, updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 漬 - Moved し to the warning list.
• 湧 - Removed ゆ and moved よう to the warning list.
• 才 - Added “talent” as the primary meaning, moved “genius” to the allow list, updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 子 - Added “ko” to the warning list.
• 広 - Added “spacious” to the allow list.
• 画 - Updated the radical components from “leaf,” “rice paddy,” and “box” to “street,” “rice paddy,” and “box,” added “image” as the primary meaning, moved “drawing” to the alternative meaning, moved “picture” to the allow list, added “illustration,” “sketch,” “draw,” “paint,” “illustrate,” “sketching,” and “illustrating” to the allow list, added “stroke” and “strokes” to the warning list, and updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 絵 - Added “picture” as the primary meaning, moved “drawing” to the allow list, added “image,” “sketch,” and “illustration” to the allow list, and updated the reading and meaning mnemonics and hints.
• 器 - Added “capacity,” “basin,” “caliber,” “calibre,” “dish,” “receptacle,” “material,” “jar,” and “cup” to the warning list.
• 材 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic.
• 財 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic.
• 演 - Updated the radical components from “tsunami,” “roof,” “leaf,” “rice paddy,” and “fins” to “tsunami,” “roof,” “street,” “rice paddy,” and “fins,” and updated the meaning mnemonic and hint.
• 抜 - Added “pull out” as the primary meaning, moved “extract” to the allow list, updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 閉 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 抽 - Added “extract” as the primary meaning, moved “pluck” to the warning list, updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 漫 - Added “comic” as the primary meaning, moved “manga” to the allow list, added “comics” to the allow list, updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 庶 - Added “illegitimate” to the warning list.
• 庸 - Added “commonplace” as the primary meaning, added “common,” “plain,” “moderate” and “usual” to the allow list, updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 漬 - Added “be pickled,” “marinate,” and “be marinated” to the allow list, and added “soak,” “steep,” “be submerged,” “be flooded,” “submerged,” “flooded,” “immersion,” “immerse,” and “be immersed” to the warning list.
• 再 - Updated the radical components from “leaf” and “task” to “ground,” “head,” and “dirt,” updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
• 修 - Added “mastering” as the primary meaning, added “repair” as the alternative meaning, moved “discipline” to the allow list, added “disciple,” “master,” “repairing,” “fix,” “fixing,” “correct,” “correcting,” “acquire,” “acquiring,” “learn,” “learning,” “complete,” “completing,” “decorate,” “decorating,” “decoration,” and “adorn” to the allow list, updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.

Vocabulary

• 九つ - Updated the reading explanation.
• 大作 - Made “monumental work” the primary meaning, moved “an epic” to the allow list, added “great masterpiece” to the allow list, updated the meaning and reading explanations, and updated two common word combination translations.
• 行う - Updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
• 代わる - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 役人 - Added “civil servant” and “bureaucrat” to the allow list.
• 曲げる - Updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
• 立場 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 転がる - Added “to roll over” to the allow list, and moved “to fall” and “to fall down” to the warning list.
• 運がいい - Added “fortunate” as the alternative meaning, added “in luck” to the allow list, and added “good luck” to the warning list.
• 楽しむ - Added “to enjoy something” to the allow list.
• 映る - Updated the reading explanation.
• 松葉 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 好む - Updated the reading explanation.
• 変化 - Added へんげ to the wrning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 変わる - Moved “to vary” and “to be turned” to the allow list, added “to change,” “to transform,” “to get changed,” “to get transformed,” “to become different,” “to be become something different,” and “to be something different” to the allow list, added “to be different,” “to be peculiar,” “to be strange,” “to be weird,” “to be odd,” “to be unusual,” and “to be eccentric” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 一昨日 - Added “yesterday” to the block list.
• 災い - Updated the reading explanation.
• 余計 - Added “more than needed” as the alternative meaning, moved “more than enough” to the allow list, added “more than wanted,” “needless,” and “too many” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 余裕 - Moved “leeway” to the primary meaning, added “room to spare” as the alternative meaning, moved “surplus” to the allow list, added “margin,” “time to spare,” “money to spare,” “energy to spare,” “margin for time,” “margin for money,” “margin for energy,” “something to spare,” “margin to spare,” and “flexibility” to the allow list, moved “room” to the warning list, added “space,” “calmness” and “composure” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 解ける - Updated the reading explanation.
• 勢い - Updated the reading explanation.
• 賞与金 - Added “incentive” to the allow list, added “gratuity” and “premium” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 替わる - Added “to switch places” and “to switch” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated a context sentence translation.
• 障子 - Made the primary meaning “shoji screen,” moved “Japanese sliding door” to be an alternative meaning, moved “sliding door” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 障る - Added “to negatively affect” as an alternative meaning, moved “to affect negatively” to the allow list, added “to adversely affect,” “to adversely affect something,” “to affect adversely,” “to be irritating,” “to bug,” and “to be bad for something” to the allow list, moved “to be bad” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and added common word combinations.
• 面接 - Updated the meaning explanation, replaced one context sentence, and added two more context sentences.
• 従来 - Made “conventional” and “conventionally” alternate meanings, moved “so far,” “usual,” and “traditional” to the allow list, added “previously,” “traditionally,” “usually,” “up until now,” and “hitherto” to the allow list, added “old,” “tradition,” “convention,” and “existing” to the warning list, added “adverb” to the word type, updated the meaning explanation, updated a context sentence translation, and added two new context sentences.
• 我 - Updated the meaning explanation and added “you” to the warning list.
• 休暇 - Moved “vacation” to the primary meaning, moved “holiday” to the alternative meaning, moved “day off” to the allow list, added “leave of absence” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 凍結 - Moved “freezing” to the primary meaning, added “get frozen” as the alternative meaning, moved “freeze” to the allow list, added “be frozen,” “being frozen,” “become frozen,” “becoming frozen,” “getting frozen,” “ice,” “icy,” and “icing” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 監督 - Added “head coach” as the alternative meaning, moved “direction” to the warning list, added “coaching,” “supervise,” “supervising,” “direct,” “directing,” “manager,” “manage,” “managing,” “oversee,” “overseeing,” “overseer,” “supervisor,” “superintend,” “superintending,” “superintendence,” “superintendency,” “movie director,” and “film director” to the allow list, added “proctor,” “invigilator,” “look after,” “looking after,” “take care of,” “taking care of,” and “control” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 変更 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 更に - Updated the meaning explanation, updated the reading explanation, updated one context sentence, and added one context sentence.
• 更新 - Added “renew” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 更生 - Made “rehabilitation” the primary meaning, added “reforming oneself” as an alternative meaning, added “be rehabilitated,” “being rehabilitated,” “reform oneself,” “reform,” “regeneration,” “be regenerate,” “being regenerate,” “get rehabilitated,” “getting rehabilitated,” “rehabilitating oneself,” and “rehabilitate oneself” to the allow list, moved “rebirth” and “resuscitation” to the warning list, added “resuscitation,” “restoration,” “bring back to life,” “bringing back to life,” “recovery,” “recover,” “recovering,” “restore,” “restoring,” “remaking,” “remake,” “resuscitate,” “resuscitating,” “rehabilitate,” and “rehabilitating” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, added four context sentences, and added collocations.
• 地下街 - Added “underground mall” to the allow list.
• 粉 - Moved こ to the warning list, and updated the reading explanation.
• 今更 - Added “at this stage” and “at this point” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, updated the reading explanation, and added three context sentences.
• 通勤 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 粋 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 炎 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 変換 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 依頼人 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 言葉遣い - Added two example sentences, and updated one example sentence.
• 敷く - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 更衣室 - Moved “dressing room” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 焼酎 - Added “Japanese traditional hard liquor” as an alternative meaning, added “Japanese liquor” and “Japanese hard liquor” to the allow list, added “spirits,” “distilled spirits,” “liquor,” and “hard liquor” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 刃 - Added “sword” to the allow list, added “prong” to the warning list, and updated the reading explanation.
• 尚更 - Added “still more,” “even more,” and “even less” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 更迭 - Moved “reshuffle” to the primary meaning, added “Dismissal” as the alternative meaning, moved “switch,” “reorganization,” “reorganisation,” and “change” to the allow list, added “changing,” “replacement,” “reshuffling,” “reorganize,” “reorganise,” “reorganizing,” “reorganising,” “replace,” “replacing,” “dismiss,” and “dismissing” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 楽譜 - Added “musical score” as the primary meaning, moved “score” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 譜面 - Moved “sheet music” to the primary meaning, moved “music” to the allow list, added “score,” “music score’s pages,” and “music score’s page” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 変遷 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 大人 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 女 - Added “girl” to the warning list.
• 田 - Moved “rice paddy” to the primary meaning, moved “rice field” to the alternative meaning, added “paddy” and “paddy field” to the allow list, and added “field” to the warning list.
• 下手 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 入力 - Added “put,” “putting,” “put in,” and “putting in” to the warning list.
• 子 - Moved “child” to the primary meaning, moved “kid” to the alternative meaning, added “kids” and “children” to the allow list.
• 大作 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 思い出 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 金持ち - Added “wealthy person” to the allow list.
• 生存 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 朝ご飯 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 自動詞 - Updated the meaning explanation, and updated two context sentences.
• 共犯者 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 作用 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 薦める - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 吐き気 - Updated one context sentence.
• 衣服 - Added “outfit” to the allow list, and added “dress,” “costume,” “suit,” and “wear” to the warning list.
• 庶民 - Added “ordinary people,” “common person,” “ordinary person” to the allow list.
• 不正 - Added “uneasiness” to the block list.
• 字 - Updated one context sentence.
• 体内 - Moved “inside the body” to the primary meaning, moved “internal” to the alternative meaning, added “within the body” to the allow list, added “body” and “biological” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 次回 - Added “next” to the allow list.
• 目次 - Added “contents” to the allow list.
• 立場 - Added “opposition to the block list.
• 部屋 - Updated the reading explanation.
• 映像 - Added “footage” as the primary meaning, moved “picture” and “reflection” to the allow list, added “film” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 建てる - Added “to put up,” “to erect,” “to erect something,” and “to put something up” to the allow list, and added “to set up,” “to set something up,” “to found,” and “to found on” to the warning list.
• 枚数 - Added “number of flat things” to the allow list.
• 実在 - Added “really” to the block list.
• 人類学 - Updated one context sentence.
• 乱す - Added “too put in order” to the block list.
• 一応 - Added “to some extent” and “just in case” as alternative meanings, made “more or less” an alternative meaning, added “at any rate,” “as a precaution,” “temporarily,” “for the moment,” “provisionally,” “somewhat,” “kind of,” “sort of,” “just to be sure,” “just to be safe,” “to be safe,” “to be sure,” and “just to be on the safe side” to the allow list, added “quite,” “fairly,” and “roughly” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 渡る - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 渡す - Added “to ferry something across” and “to lay something across” to the alternative meanings, added “to ferry over,” “to ferry someone over,” “to ferry something over,” “to ferry someone across,” “to ferry across,” “to carry something across,” “to carry someone across,” “to carry across,” “to take something across,” “to take someone across,” “to take across,” “to lay something over,” “to lay over,” “to lay across,” “to help something cross,” “to help something cross over,” “to help someone cross,” and “to help someone cross over” to the allow list, and added “to take,” “to cross,” “to ferry,” “to lay,” and “to span” to the warning list.
• 突く - Added つつく to the warning list.
• お菓子屋 - Changed the subject from 菓子屋 to お菓子屋. Moved “candy shop” and “sweet shop” to the allow list.
• 刺身 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 閉まる - Moved “to be closed” to the primary meaning, moved “to be shut” to the alternative meaning, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 法規 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 衣 - Added “coating” and “breading” to the alternative meanings, moved “garment” to the allow list, added “batter” and “tempura batter” to the allow list, added “robe,” “monk’s robe,” and “Buddhist monk’s robe” to the warning list, and updated the meaning and reading explanations.
• 浴衣 - Added “bathrobe,” “robe,” “kimono,” “casual kimono,” “informal kimono,” “light kimono,” “cotton kimono,” “summer kimono,” “informal cotton kimono,” “light cotton kimono” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 独創 - Added “creative” to the warning list.
• 桑原 - Added “kuwabara” as an alternative meaning, updated the parts of speech to include proper noun, updated the meaning explanation, added two new context sentences, and added common word combinations.
• 庶民 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 庶務 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 痴漢 - Added “groper” as the primary meaning, moved “molester” to the alternative meaning, moved “pervert” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 庶民的 - Changed the primary meaning to “ordinary,” added “unpretentious” and “approachable” to the alternative meanings, moved “popular,” “folk,” and “working class” to the warning list, added “modest,” “reasonable,” “casual,” “middle-class,” “familiar,” and “relatable” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 拍子 - Made “beat” the primary meaning and “tempo” an alternative meaning, added “the moment” as an alternative meaning, moved “when” to the allow list, added “timing,” “the instance,” and “meter” to the allow list, and updated the meaning and reading explanations.
• 〜才 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 天才 - Moved “born” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 上手 - Updated one context sentence, and added “good” to the warning list.
• 下手 - Moved “not good at” and “not skilled” to the allow list, added “poor at” to the allow list, added “bad” and “poor” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 申す - Added “to eat” to the block list.
• 上手い - Added “good” to the warning list.
• 次々 - Added “one after another” as the primary meaning, moved “one after the other” to the allow list, added “successively” to the allow list, moved “one by one” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 絵 - Moved “picture” to primary meaning, added “painting” and “illustration” to alternative meanings, added “image” and “sketch” to the allow list, added “plan,” “scheme,” “visual representation,” “visuals,” “visual art,” and “visual arts” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 絵文字 - Added “pictorial symbol,” “picture writing,” “emoticons,” and “emoticon,” to the allow list, added “kaomoji” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 歌手 - Added “vocalist” to the allow list.
• 想定 - Added “explanation” to the block list.
• 画像 - Moved “portrait” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 映画 - Added “motion picture,” “movies,” “the movies,” “cinema,” and “the cinema” to the allow list, added “picture,” “pictures,” and “the pictures” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 器 - Added “capacity” as the alternative meaning, moved “vessel” to the allow list, added “basin,” “caliber,” and “calibre” to the allow list, added “dish,” “receptacle,” “material,” “jar,” and “cup” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the translation of two common word combinations.
• 才能 - Moved “genius” and “ability” to allow list, added “aptitude” to the allow list, added “gift” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 建築 - Moved “building” to the allow list, added “constructing,” “build,” “construct,” and “structure” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 計画 - Added “planning” as an alternative meaning, added “scheme,” “make plans,” “making plans,” “projecting,” “map out,” “mapping out,” and “scheming” to the allow list, added “design,” “plot,” “program,” “map,” “proposal,” and “strategy” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 映画館 - Added “movie theatre,” “movie house,” and “the movies” to the allow list, and added “theater” and “theatre” to the warning list.
• 画面 - Added “picture” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 幸福 - Added “well-being” to the allow list, added “content,” “contentment,” “welfare,” and “pleasure” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 幸せ - Added “happy,” “content,” “contentment,” and “pleasure” to the allow list, added “well-being” and “welfare” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 固める - Updated the translation of one context sentence.
• 干天 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 企画 - Added “organize,” “organizing,” and “proposal” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
• 脱税 - Added “evade taxes,” “evading taxes,” “evade tax,” “evading tax,” “evade paying taxes,” “evade paying tax,” “evading paying taxes,” and “evading paying tax” to the allow list.
• 一割 - Added “10 %,” “10 ％,” “１０％,” “10％,” and “１０%” to the allow list.
• 抜く - Moved “to pull something out” to the primary meaning, moved “to extract” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 見抜く - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 抜ける - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 間抜け - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 腰抜け - Added “weak-willed person,” “weak-kneed person,” “chicken,” and “sissy” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 抜き出す - Moved “to pull something out” to the primary meaning, moved “to extract” to the alternative meaning, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 浮世絵 - Added “ukiyoe,” “ukiyoe woodblock print,” and “ukiyoe painting” to the allow list, added “woodblock print,” “painting,” and “Japanese painting” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 更生 - Updated one context sentence.
• 画廊 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 閉める - Added “to close something” as the primary meaning, added “to shut something” as the alternative meaning, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
• 油絵 - Added “oil” to the warning list.
• 描画 - Added “draw,” “paint,” “illustrate,” “illustration,” “sketch,” and “sketching” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 俊才 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 病床 - Added “hospital bed” as the alternative meaning, added “bed” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 墨絵 - Added “monochrome painting,” “black and white painting,” “sumi-e,” “sumie,” “ink wash painting,” “ink brush painting,” and “Japanese ink painting” to the allow list and updated the meaning explanation.
• 挿絵 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 水彩画 - Added “watercolor,” “watercolour painting,” and “watercolour” to the allow list.
• 抽出 - Added “extracting” as the alternative meaning, added “extract” and “sample” to the allow list, moved “selection” and “abstraction” to the warning list, added “select” and “selecting” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 抽象 - Moved “abstraction” to the primary meaning, moved “abstract” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 抽選 - Added “drawing lots” as the alternative meaning, added “draw lots,” “lot,” and “drawing of lots” to the allow list, added “draw” and “drawing” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 漫画 - Added “Japanese comic,” “comic book,” “comic strip,” “strip cartoon,” “comics,” and “comic” to the allow list, added “cartoon” and “caricature” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 漫才 - Added “comedy double act” as the primary meaning, moved “two man comedy act” to the allow list, added “comic double act,” “comical dialogue,” and “comical double act” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated one context sentence.
• 召喚 - Added “subpoena,” “subpena,” “summoning,” “call,” “calling,” “invite,” “inviting,” “call over,” “calling over,” “call upon,” and “calling upon” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 召す - Added “to call” as the primary meaning, added “to take” and “to wear” as the alternative meaning, moved “to respectfully call,” “to respectfully invite,” “to respectfully eat,” and “to respectfully drink” to the allow list, added “to call on,” “to call upon,” “to call over,” “to eat,” “to drink,” “to put on,” “to invite,” and “to summon” to the allow list, added “to have” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
• 召し上がる - Added “to eat” as the primary meaning, added “to drink” as the alternative meaning, moved “to respectfully eat” and “to respectfully drink” to the allow list, added “to take,” “to drink or eat,” “to eat or drink,” and “to partake of” to the allow list, added “to have” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
• 栓抜き - Added “cap opener” to the allow list, added “opener” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 凡庸 - Added “commonplace” and “banal” as the alternative meanings, moved “banality” and “common” to the allow list, added “mediocrity” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 漬ける - Added “to pickle something” as the primary meaning, added “to marinate something” as the alternative meaning, moved “to soak,” “to steep,” “to dip in,” and “to pickle” to the allow list, added “to marinate,” “to dip,” “to immerse,” “to immerse something,” “to steep something,” “to soak something,” “to dip something,” and “to dip something in” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 〜漬け - Added “pickled in” as the primary meaning, moved “pickled” and “preserved in” to the allow list, added “preserved” and “marinated” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
• 漬物 - Added “Japanese pickles” as the alternative meaning, moved “pickled vegetables” and “preserved vegetables” to the allow list, added “pickles” to the allow list, added “marinated vegetables” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
• 漬かる - Added “to be well pickled” as the primary meaning, added “to be well marinated” as the alternative meaning, moved “to be submerged,” “to be soaked,” “to be well seasoned,” and “to be pickled” to the allow list, added “to be marinated,” “to be done marinating,” and “to be done pickling” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
• 女子 - Added “female” as an alternative meaning, added “lady” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 女の子 - Moved “young lady” and “young woman” to the allow list, added “baby girl,” “little girl,” “female child,” “female kid,” and “girl child” to the allow list, added “woman’s child,” “woman’s kid,” and “woman” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 少女 - Moved “young girl” to the alternative meaning, moved “young lady” to the allow list, added “girl child” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 女の人 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 戸口 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 打つ - Updated one common word combination translation.
• 一打 - Moved “one hit” to the primary meaning, moved “one stroke” to the allow list, added “single hit,” “single stroke,” “single strike,” “single tap,” “one press,” “single press,” “one stroke,” “one strike,” and “one tap” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated common word combination translations.
• 男の人 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 男の子 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 役場 - Added “city hall,” “city office,” and “ward office” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 疲労 - Replaced a context sentence and added two new ones, and added common word combinations.
• 器用 - Updated a common word combination translation.
• 俺 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 美味しい - Moved “good tasting” to the allow list, added “yummy,” “yum,” “good taste,” “taste good,” and “tasting good” to the allow list, added “good,” “nice,” “lucky,” “fortunate,” “sweet,” “delightful,” “advantageous,” “favorable,” and “favourable” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 変える - Added “to strange” to the block list.
• 続ける - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 自動詞 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 他動詞 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 変更 - Replaced a context sentence and added two new ones, and added common word combinations.
• 衣服 - Replaced a context sentence and added two new ones, and added common word combinations.
• 脱衣 - Replaced a context sentence and added two new ones, and added common word combinations.
• 更新 - Added three context sentences, and added collocations.
• 脱税 - Updated a context sentence, added one context sentence, and added common word combinations.
• 脱走する - Added a context sentence, and added collocations.
• 脱線 - Updated two context sentences, replaced a context sentence, and added collocations.
• 脱ぐ - Added a context sentence and added common word combinations.
• 刺す - Replaced a context sentence and added two new ones, and added common word combinations.
• 突然 - Added two context sentences and added common word combinations.
• 修理 - Added “fix,” “repairing,” “repairs,” “mend,” “mending,” “make repairs,” “making repairs,” “do repairs,” “doing repairs,” “carry out repairs,” and “carrying out repairs” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 修士 - Added “master of art,” “M.A.,” “MA,” “master of science,” “M.S.,” “MS,” “M.Sc.,” “MSc,” and “master” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 修辞学 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 研修 - Added “give training” as the primary meaning, added “train,” “on the job training,” “OJT,” “giving training,” “provide training,” “providing training,” and “internship” to the allow list, moved “in-service training” to the allow list, moved “study” to the warning list, added “training session” and “session” to the warning list, added two context sentences, added collocations, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 研修生 - Added “intern” to the allow list, added “medical intern,” “resident,” “articled,” and “cadet” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
• 編集 - Added “knitting” to the block list.
• 閉じる - Added “to close something” as the primary meaning, added “to shut something” to the allow list, moved “to shut” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated the reading explanation.
• 移譲 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• 湧水 - Updated the meaning explanation.
• WaniKani updated the context sentences for Level 11-20 content, following a similar update they had completed for Level 1-10 the previous year.