These are the content changes we made in November 2023.
Radicals
- 堇 - Added “pansy” to the warning list.
- 堇 - Added “violet” to the warning list, and updated the warning message for “pansy.”
Kanji
- 得 - Added “acquisition” to the warning list.
- 状 - Updated the meaning and reading mnemonics and hints.
- 否 - Added “not” to the allow list.
- 裏 - Added “rear” to the allow list.
- 炒 - Added “stir-fry” to the allow list.
- 巡 - Added まわ as the kun’yomi reading.
- 枢 - Added “pivot” to the allow list, and added “axis” to the warning list.
- 星 - Added “planet” to the allow list.
- 締 - Added “give up” to the block list.
- 断 - Added “cut” to the allow list.
- 視 - Added “view” to the allow list.
- 額 - Updated the meaning mnemonic and hint, and updated the reading mnemonic.
- 極 - Removed “beggar” from the component, added “prison” to the component, and updated the meaning and reading mnemonics and hints.
- 潔 - Added “purple” to the block list.
- 壊 - Added “destroy” to the allow list, and added “collapse” to the warning list.
- 渇 - Added “dry” to the allow list.
- 豪 - Added “excelling” to the allow list, and added “gorgeous” to the warning list.
- 筋 - Added “vein” to the warning list.
- 納 - Added “store” to the allow list.
- 承 - Added “hear” to the warning list.
- 跡 - Added “track” and “mark” to the allow list, and added “footprint” to the warning list.
- 侵 - Added “intrude” to the allow list.
- 娯 - Added “pleasure” to the allow list.
- 拶 - Added “draw near” to the allow list.
- 粒 - Added “grain” to the allow list.
- 涙 - Added “tear” and “tears” to the allow list.
- 眺 - Added “gaze” and “view” to the allow list.
- 賭 - Added “bet” to the allow list.
- 湿 - Added “wet,” “moist,” and “humid” to the allow list.
- 翔 - Added “soar” to the allow list.
- 狂 - Added “insane” and “madness” to the allow list.
- 磨 - Added “brush” and “brush teeth” to the warning list.
- 擦 - Added “chafe” to the allow list.
- 進 - Added “advice” to the block list.
- 恩 - Added “benefit” to the warning list.
- 控 - Added “refrain” to the allow list.
- 泊 - Added “stay over” to the allow list, and added “lodging” and “lodge” to the warning list.
- 括 - Added “lump” to the warning list.
- 紛 - Added “divert” to the allow list.
- 嬢 - Added “girl” and “lady” to the allow list.
- 憎 - Added “detest,” “detestation,” “hatred,” “loathing,” and “loathe” to the allow list.
- 滴 - Added “drop” and “drops” to the allow list.
- 哀 - Added “pity” and “pitiful” to the allow list.
Vocabulary
- 一ヶ月 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 〜ヶ月 - Added “months” to the allow list.
- 外来語 - Updated two context sentences.
- 進める - Moved “to advance” and “to move forward” to the warning list.
- 残業 - Added “work overtime,” “working overtime,” “do overtime,” “doing overtime,” “be on overtime,” and “being on overtime” to the allow list, added “overwork” to the warning list.
- 整理する - Updated two context sentences.
- 各地 - Added “each person” to the block list.
- 総理 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 総理大臣 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- ご覧 - Added “look” to the allow list.
- 汚水 - Added “waste water,” “sewerage,” and “polluted water” to the allow list, and added “sewer” to the warning list.
- 居候 - Moved “parasite” to the warning list, and added “free rider” to the warning list.
- 裏 - Added “rear” to the allow list.
- 似合う - Added “to suit well” to the allow list.
- 総理府 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 叔父 - Updated the meaning and reading explanations.
- 叔母 - Updated the meaning and reading explanations.
- 兼ねる - Added “to find difficult to,” “to hesitate to,” “to be unable to,” “cannot,” and “to be not in a position to” to the warning list.
- 排水 - Moved “sewerage” and “sewage” to the warning list, and added “sewer” to the warning list.
- 敷く - Added “to spread” and “to lay” to the allow list, and added “to cover,” “to build,” “to establish,” and “to pave” to the warning list.
- 排出 - Added “exclusion” to the block list.
- 排水溝 - Moved “drainage ditch” as the alternative meaning, added “sewer” to the allow list, moved “drain” to the warning list, added “drain pipe” and “drainage pile” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 埋め合わせる - Added two context sentences.
- 素麺 - Added そーめん to the allow list.
- 焦げる - Added “to burn,” “to scorch,” “to be scorched,” “to get scorched,” “to char,” “to be charred,” and “to get charred” to the allow list.
- 暴露 - Added “revealing,” “reveal,” “muckraking,” “expose,” “exposing,” “uncover,” “uncovering,” “disclose,” “disclosing,” “bring to light,” and “bringing to light” to the allow list.
- 宰相 - Updated the meaning and reading explanations.
- 伯父 - Updated the meaning and reading explanations.
- 伯母 - Updated the meaning and reading explanations.
- 四十 - Added しじゅう to the warning list.
- 石 - Updated one context sentence.
- 自立 - Moved “independent” to the allow list, and added “self-sufficiency,” “self-sustaining,” “self-sufficing,” “self-support,” “support oneself,” “become independent,” “becoming independent,” “be independent,” “being independent,” “self-sufficient,” and “self-supporting” to the allow list.
- 切れる - Added “to get cut” to the allow list.
- 十分 - Fixed the warning message error with じっぷん, and added “10 mins” and “ten mins” to the warning list.
- 星 - Added “planet” to the allow list, and added “culprit,” “suspect,” “asterisk,” and “win” to the warning list.
- 四十二 - Added しじゅうに to the warning list.
- 小学校 - Fixed an error in the Patterns of Use.
- 死 - Removed two context sentences, and added two context sentences.
- 作者 - Updated two context sentences, replaced one context sentence with a new one, added “composer” to the allow list, and added “artist” to the warning list.
- 一ヶ月 - Added “1 month” to the allow list.
- 〜ヶ月 - Updated a context sentence.
- 四十二階 - Added しじゅうにかい to the warning list.
- 不機嫌 - Removed one context sentence, and added a context sentence.
- 差別 - Removed two context sentences, and added two context sentences.
- 再度 - Added “once again,” “once more,” and “for the second time” to the allow list, added “another” to the warning list, moved “twice” to the warning list, added “adverb” to the word type, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 再び - Moved “for the second time” to the allow list, added “a second time” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 振る - Added ぶる to the warning list, added “to wag” and “to wag something” to the allow list, added “to sway,” “to sway something,” “to sprinkle,” “to sprinkle something,” “to give up,” “to turn down,” “to attach kana,” “to add kana,” “to attach furigana,” and “to add furigana” to the warning list.
- 過ごす - Moved “to spend time” to the primary meaning, moved “to pass time” to the alternative meaning, moved “to spend time on” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 従順 - Moved “gentle” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 違反 - Added “violating” and “offending” to the allow list, and added “break,” “breaking,” “disobey,” “disobeying,” and “disobedience” to the warning list.
- 検討する - Added “to consider” as the alternative meaning, added “to think about” to the allow list, moved “to look into” to the allow list, added “to discuss” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 狭める - added “to narrow down something” as the alternative meaning, moved “to reduce something” to the allow list, and updated meaning explanation.
- 何故 - Added “how come” to the allow list.
- 励ます - Added “to support someone” and “to support” to the warning list.
- 秒針 - Moved “seconds hand” to the allow list, and added “clock hand” to the warning list.
- 創立 - Added “establishing” to the allow list, and added “organization,” “organisation,” “organize,” “organise,” “organizing,” and “organising” to the warning list.
- 直接 - Removed “なadjective” to the word type, added “adverb” to the word type, added “directly” as the alternative meaning, added “in person,” “firsthand,” and “at first hand” to the allow list, and added “personal,” “immediate,” “immediately,” and “personally” to the warning list.
- 株式市場 - Added “market” to the warning list.
- 気象庁 - Added “national weather service” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 右腕 - Added “right hand person,” “right-hand person,” “right hand man,” and “right-hand man” to the warning list.
- 鉛毒 - Added “lead toxicity” as the primary meaning, moved “lead poisoning” to the alternative meaning, added “lead poison” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 怪しい - Added “doubtful,” “dubious,” and “fishy” to the allow list, and added “questionable,” “unreliable,” “strange,” “clumsy,” “awkward,” “poor,” and “uncertain” to the warning list.
- 独立 - Added “being autonomous” as the alternative meaning, moved “independent” to the alternative meaning, added “be autonomous,” “become autonomous,” “becoming autonomous,” “self-support,” “self reliant,” “become independent,” “becoming independent,” “be independent,” “being independent,” “support oneself,” “self-sufficing,” “self-sustaining,” “self-sufficiency” and “supporting oneself” to the allow list, and added どくりゅう to the warning list.
- 氷河 - Added “ice” to the warning list, and added “glacial” to the allow list.
- 再来年 - Added さいらいねん to the warning list.
- 再来週 - Added さいらいしゅう to the warning list.
- 再来月 - Added さいらいげつ to the warning list.
- 相次ぐ - Added “to happen successfully” to the block list.
- 暴露 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 排水溝 - Updated the meaning explanation, removed one context sentence, and added three context sentences.
- お風呂 - Added one context sentence.
- 共通点 - Added “point in common” to the allow list.
- 流す - Added “to detain” to the block list.
- 酒飲み - Moved “drink” to the warning list, added “drinking” to the warning list.
- 倒す - Added “to fell” to the allow list.
- 担う - Added “to assume,” “to take,” and “to accept” to the warning list, moved “to carry” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and added collocations.
- 従業 - Added “engaging in work” as the primary meaning, added “working” as the alternative meaning, moved “employment” to the alternative meaning, added “work,” “engage in work,” “doing work,” “do work,” “engagement in work,” “being on the job,” and “be on the job” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and added three context sentences.
- 読み違い - Added “incorrect guess,” “wrong guess,” “misinterpretation,” “misinterpreting,” “misjudge,” “misjudging,” “misjudgment,” “misjudgement,” and “reading mistake” to the allow list, added “misunderstand,” “misunderstood,” and “misunderstanding” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 果糖 - Added “fruit sugar” to the allow list.
- 埋める - Added “to fill” as the alternative meaning, added “to fill in,” “to make up,” “to make up for,” “to make up for something” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, updated one context sentence, added three context sentences, added collocations, and updated the reading explanation.
- おはよう - Moved “morning” to the warning list.
- 石 - Added “rock” to the allow list.
- 光年 - Updated the translation for one context sentence.
- 体内 - Added “external” to the block list.
- 自立 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 先回り - Added “arrive before” to the allow list.
- 東口 - Moved “eastern exit” and “eastern entrance” to the allow list, and added “south exit,” “south entrance,” and “south gate” to the block list.
- 向ける - Removed “to face something towards” from the allow list, added “to make something face” to the allow list, removed “to face towards” from the warning list, and added “to face” to the warning list.
- 仮定 - Added “oppose” to the block list.
- 仮名 - Added かめい to the warning list, and added “pseudonym,” “made-up name,” and “fake name” to the warning list.
- 競争 - Added “completion” to the block list.
- 明らか - Added “bright” to the warning list.
- 今晩は - Added “evening,” “this evening,” and “as for this evening” to the warning list.
- 初耳 - Added “first time hearing” and “first time hearing about” to the allow list.
- 重ねる - Added “to store” to the block list.
- 兵員 - Added “soldiers,” “soldier,” “number of soldiers,” and “troops” to the allow list.
- 泣き声 - Added “cry,” “sobbing,” “weep,” “weeping,” “tearful voice,” and “crying voice” to the allow list.
- 埋める - Updated the meaning explanation, added “to assuage” and “to bridge” to the warning list, updated one common word combination, and added two common word combinations.
- 震災 - Added “earthquake” to the warning list.
- 質 - Added しち to the warning list, and added “matter,” “pawn,” “hock,” “pledge,” and “pawnshop” to the warning list.
- 事故 - Added “condition” to the block list.
- 突く - Added “to elbow,” “to pierce,” “to spear” to the allow list, moved “to push” to the warning list, added “to butt,” “to gore,” “to nudge,” “to strike,” “to bounce,” “to attack,” “to stimulate,” and “to press” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 独創 - Added “original creation” as the primary meaning, added “creating something original” as the alternative meaning, moved “originality,” “creativity,” and “creativeness” to the warning list, added “one’s own creation,” “one’s original creation,” “create something original,” “create something unique,” “creating something unique,” and “creation” to the allow list, added collocations, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 独立 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 障る - Added “hinder” to the warning list.
- 潔い - Added “purple” to the block list.
- 幼稚 - Added “infancy” to the warning list.
- 揃う - Added “to match,” “to be gathered,” and “to get together” to the allow list, and added “to gather” to the warning list.
- 憲法 - Updated one context sentence.
- 乾季 - Updated one context sentence.
- 織物 - Added “textile” as the primary meaning, moved “cloth” to the allow list, added “weave” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 延期する - Added “to delay,” “to put off,” “to defer,” “to hold off,” and “to adjourn” to the allow list.
- 揃える - Added “to be complete” to the warning list.
- 絶やす - Added “to let die” and “to exterminate” to the allow list, and added “to get rid of” to the warning list.
- 画廊 - Added “image gallery” to the warning list, and moved “art gallery” to the alternative meaning.
- 壊れ物 - Added “fragile” to the warning list.
- 複数 - Added “multi” and “several” to the allow list.
- 尊敬 - Added “honor,” “esteem,” and “reverence” to the allow list.
- 体操 - Added “PE” to the warning list.
- 筋 - Added “vein” to the warning list.
- 否 - Added “not” to the allow list.
- 泥沼 - Added “swamp” to the warning list.
- 熟れる - Added “to be ripe” to the warning list.
- 兄貴 - Added “brother,” “bro,” and “one’s elder” to the allow list, and moved “elder brother” to the allow list.
- 電源 - Added “power supply,” “plug,” “power,” “electric outlet,” and “electric socket” to the allow list, moved “light socket” to the allow list, and added “switch” to the warning list.
- 詰め込む - Added “to brood” to the block list.
- 震源地 - Added “earthquake epicenter,” “earthquake epicentrum,” “epicentre,” and “epicentrum” to the allow list.
- 腐食 - Added “erosion,” “corrode,” “corroding,” “erode,” and “eroding” to the allow list, and added “rust,” “decay,” “rusting,” “rust away,” “rusting away,” “decaying,” “rot,” and “rotting” to the warning list.
- 聖書 - Added “holy bible,” “scripture,” “holy scriptures,” and “biblical” to the allow list.
- 焼き芋 - Added “fried potato” and “fries” to the block list.
- 蒸し暑い - Added “sultry” to the allow list.
- 尊敬する - Added “to honor” and “to honour” to the allow list.
- 彫刻 - Added “carving,” “carve,” “engraving,” “engrave,” and “sculpturing” to the allow list, and added “relief” to the warning list.
- 整然 - Updated one context sentence and one common word combination.
- 募る - Added “to incite” to the block list.
- 跡 - Added “track” to the allow list, and added “footprint” to the warning list.
- 贈る - Added “to give a gift” to the allow list.
- 譲る - Added “to confer” to the block list.
- 枢軸 - Added “axis” to the primary meaning, added “central part” as the alternative meaning, added “center,” “centre,” “hinge,” and “central position” to the allow list, moved “axle” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, removed a context sentence, and added four context sentences.
- 威張る - Added “to act big” as the primary meaning, added “to be bossy” as the alternative meaning, added “to be boastful,” “to put on airs,” “to be haughty,” and “to act superior” to the allow list, moved “to be proud” to the warning list, added “to boast” and “to brag” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 即座 - Added “instant,” “instantly,” “immediately,” and “instantaneously” to the allow list.
- 炉心 - Added “reactor core” to the allow list.
- 懇親 - Added “intimacy” to the allow list.
- 絶滅 - Moved “extinction” to the primary meaning, added “become extinct” as the alternative meaning, moved “destruction” to the allow list, added “extermination,” “becoming extinct,” “be extinct,” “being extinct,” “die out,” “dying out,” “exterminate,” and “exterminating” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 朗らか - Added あきらか to the warning list.
- 刃 - Added やいば as the alternative reading.
- 刃物 - Moved “kitchen cutlery” to the allow list, and added “cutting tool” and “blade” to the allow list.
- 砂丘 - Added “dune” and “sandhill” to the allow list.
- 雷雨 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 髪型 - Added “haircut” to the allow list.
- 泊める - Added “to let stay over” to the allow list, and added “to lodge” to the warning list.
- 焦る - Added “to be fret” as the alternative meaning, added “to be in a rush,” “to make haste,” “to hurry,” and “to rush” to the warning list.
- 黒潮 - Added “Kuroshio stream” and “Japanese current” to the allow list.
- 若い頃 - Added “youth” to the allow list.
- 塾生 - Added “private school student” to the allow list.
- 賭け - Added “bet” to the allow list.
- 排水溝 - Added “sewage gutter” to the allow list.
- 肌触り - Added “touch of” to the allow list.
- 村人 - Added “village” to the block list.
- 直行 - Added “direction” to the block list.
- 高度 - Added “attitude” to the block list, and added “high” and “high class” to the warning list.
- 一ヶ所 - Added “1 place” to the allow list.
- 教わる - Added “to teach” and “to teach something” to the block list.
- 悪口 - Moved わるくち to the warning list.
- 急ぐ - Updated a common word combination translation.
- 外来 - Added two collocations.
- 外来語 - Combined two context sentences into one, and added two context sentences.
- 面倒 - Added “troublesome,” “bothersome,” and “tiresome” to the allow list.
- 埋め合わせる - Added “to make up for” as an alternative meaning.
- 地 - Updated one context sentence translation.
- 臭い - Added “smell,” “odor,” “stink” to the allow list.
- 汗臭い - Moved “sweaty” to the warning list.
- 各駅停車 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 鉛管 - Added なまりかん to the warning list.
- 眠い - Added “drowsy” to the allow list, and added “tired” to the warning list.
- 訪問 - Moved “visiting,” “pay a visit” and “paying a visit” to the allow list, and added “call” and “calling” to the warning list.
- 睡眠 - Added “slumber” to the allow list.
- 靴 - Added “sneakers,” “sneaker,” “plimsolls,” “plimsoll,” “trainers,” and “trainer” to the warning list.
- 端 - Added “result,” “result from,” “originate,” “originate in,” and “originate from” to the warning list.
- 野郎 - Moved “guy” and “fellow” to the warning list, and added “dude,” “man,” “he,” “his,” “him,” “chap,” “idiot,” “fool,” and “rascal” to the warning list.
- 間抜け - Updated the meaning explanation, added “dumb” as the alternative meaning, and added “fool,” “stupid,” “blockhead,” “foolish,” “silly,” “dull-witted,” “blockheaded,” “dumb ass,” and “stupid fellow” to the allow list.
- 退院する - Added “to leave hospital,” “to be out of hospital,” “to be out of the hospital,” “to get out of the hospital,” “to get out of hospital,” “to be discharged from hospital,” “to get discharged,” “to get discharged from hospital,” “to get discharged from the hospital,” “to be released from the hospital,” “to be released from hospital,” “to get released from the hospital,” “to get released from hospital,” and “to be discharged from the hospital” to the allow list.
- 客観的 - Added “subjective” to the block list.
- 途中 - Added “in the middle of” and “half done” as the alternative meaning, added “on one’s way,” “halfway,” “in the middle,” “midway,” “half unfinished,” “halfway through,” and “underway” to the allow list, and added “by halves” to the warning list.
- 主催 - Added “auspice,” “promoting,” “sponsoring,” “host,” “hosting,” “organize,” and “organizing” to the allow list.
- 妨害 - Updated two context sentences.
- 年次 - Updated the meaning explanation, removed three collocations, added four collocations, removed three context sentences, and added three context sentences.
- 納豆 - Updated the translation of a context sentence.
- 及第 - Moved “make the grade” to the primary meaning, added “passing a test,” “pass an test,” “pass an exam,” “making the grade,” “pass the exam,” “passing the test,” and “pass the test” to the allow list, and moved “passing the exam” to the allow list.
- 委託 - Added “entrusting with” to the allow list.
- 襲う - Added “to attach” to the block list.
- 開封 - Added “unsealing” as the primary meaning, added “breaking a seal,” and “opening a letter” as the alternative meaning, added “remove the seal,” “break the seal,” “removing the seal,” “unbox,” “unboxing,” “unpack,” “unpacking,” “open a letter,” “open something sealed,” “opening something sealed,” “breaking the seal,” “break a seal,” and “unseal” to the allow list, added “unopened” to the block list, added “open” to the warning list, moved “unsealed letter” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 要旨 - Added “main point” as the primary meaning, moved “point” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 稼ぐ - Added “to earn” and “to earn money” to the allow list, and added “to make” and “to win” to the warning list.
- 硬直 - Added “stiffen,” “get stiff,” “getting stiff,” “become stiff,” “becoming stiff,” “rigidness,” “be stiff,” and “being stiff” to the allow list, and added “rigor,” “inflexible,” and “inflexibility” to the warning list.
- 帝 - Added “emperor” to the allow list.
- 不穏 - Added “unsettled” as the alternative meaning, added “disturbing,” “unease,” “unsettling,” “unsettling mood,” and “unsettling atmosphere” to the allow list, moved “threatening” to the allow list, added “ugly,” “disturbance,” and “turmoil” to the warning list, moved “turbulence” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 斬る - Added “to slice” to the warning list.
- 疲れ - Added “exhaustion” and “weariness” to the allow list.
- 歯を磨く - Added “to brush teeth” to the allow list.