These are the content changes we made in October 2022.
Radicals
- 各 - Added “each” and “every” to the meaning warning list.
- 反 - Updated the meaning mnemonic.
- 台 - Updated the meaning mnemonic.
- 曲 - Updated the meaning mnemonic.
- 売 - Updated the meaning mnemonic.
- 失 - Updated the meaning mnemonic.
- 丸 - Updated the meaning mnemonic.
- 身 - Updated the meaning mnemonic.
- 良 - Updated the meaning mnemonic.
- 牙 - Added “tusk” to the allow list.
- shuriken - Added “throwing star” to the allow list.
Kanji
- 降りる - Added “ascend” to the block list.
- 号 - Updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
- 合 - Updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
- 豪 - Updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
- 剛 - Updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
- 傲 - Updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
- 拷 - Updated the reading mnemonic.
- 却 - Added 即 to the visually similar list.
- 伺 - Updated the reading mnemonic and hint.
- 右 - Updated the reading and meaning mnemonics.
- 各 - Added “kiss” to the meaning warning list.
- 筒 - Added “pipe” as an alternative meaning.
- 避 - Added “evade” to the allow list.
- 葬 - Added “bury” to the allow list.
- 慎 - Added “humble” to the allow list.
Vocabulary
- 受ける - Added “to preserve” to the block list.
- 車両 - Added “train carriage” to the allow list.
- 年頃 - Added “adolescence” and “marriageable age” as alternative meanings, added “adolescent” and “puberty” to the allow list, updated the meaning and reading explanations, and replaced the context sentence with three new ones.
- 予想 - Added “explanation” to the block list.
- 見抜く - Added “to see something’s true nature” as the primary meaning, moved “to see through” to alternative meanings, added “to find out” to alternative meanings, added “to see true nature”, “to see someone’s true nature”, “to perceive something”, “to perceive”, “to see through something”, “to notice something”, “to notice”, “to see the truth” and “to find something out” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
- 見極める - Made “to get to the bottom of” the primary meaning, added “to identify something” as an alternative meaning, moved “to see through” to the allow list, added “to see through something”, “to get to the bottom of something” and “to see the truth” to the allow list, updated the meaning and reading explanations, and added two context sentences.
- 透き通る - Updated the meaning explanation and added two context sentences.
- 相変わらず - Added “as always” to the allow list.
- 今すぐ - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 語る - Fixed one of the collocation translations.
- 深夜 - Added “deep night”, “late night”, “dead of the night”, and “dead of night” to the allow list.
- 香川県 - Added “Kougawa Ken” and “Kougawaken” to the block list.
- 大文字 - Added “daimonji” to the meaning warning list, and added だいもんじ to the reading warning list.
- 膝小僧 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 債券 - Updated one of the context sentences.
- 苦しめる - Added “to start” to the block list.
- 伺う - Updated the reading explanation.
- 出す - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 少女 - Added “young girl” to the allow list.
- 世辞 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 傷 - Added “flaw” as an alternative meaning, added “injury”, “crack”, “scratch”, “bruise”, “defect” and “scar” to the allow list, and added two context sentences.
- 要求する - Added “to desire” and “to desire something” to the block list.
- 受験 - Added “take a risk” and “taking a risk” to the block list.
- 今日 - Added こんにち to the reading warning list.
- 仕方がない - Updated the reading explanation
- 仕方 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 読み方 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 作り方 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 使い方 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 見方 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 考え方 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 話し方 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 言い方 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 書き方 - Updated the reading explanation.
- 向く - Added “intransitive verb” as a word type.
- 鳴く - Added “intransitive verb” as a word type.
- 着く - Added “intransitive verb” as a word type.
- 構う - Added “intransitive verb” as a word type.
- 怒らせる - Added “transitive verb” as a word type.
- 積もる - Added “intransitive verb” as a word type.
- 閉じる - Added “intransitive verb” and “transitive verb” as word types.
- 弾く - Added “transitive verb” as a word type.
- 揺さぶる - Added “transitive verb” as a word type.
- 頼む - Added “transitive verb” as a word type.
- 尽くす - Added “to devote oneself” as an alternative meaning, added “to use up” and “to use something up” to the allow list, added two new context sentences, added “intransitive verb” and “transitive verb” as word types, and updated the meaning mnemonic.
- 仏像 - Made “statue of Buddha” the primary meaning, made “image of Buddha” an alternative meaning, and updated the meaning explanation.
- 規律 - Added “rule” as the primary meaning, moved “rules” and “order” to the allow list, added “regulation” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and added a context sentence.
- 異なる - Added “to be different” and “to vary” to the allow list, and added two context sentences.
- 提供 - Moved “programme sponsoring” to the allow list, added “sponsoring”, “sponsor”, “sponsorship”, “donation” and “donate” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
- 返還 - Added “returning”, “restore” and “restoring” to the allow list, and added two context sentences.
- 筒 - Updated the meaning explanation.
- 考える - Updated a context sentence.
- 向ける - Added “to make face towards” and “to face something towards” to the allow list, and added “to face towards” to the warning list.
- 型 - Added one context sentence.
- 一層 - Added “even more” as an alternative meaning, added “far more”, “a lot more”, “more than ever” and “still more” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
- 凍結 - Added “freezing” to the allow list, and added two context sentences.
- 牙 - Added “tusk” as an alternative meaning.
- 効力 - Added “effect”, “validity” and “in force” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
- 乗り換える - moved “to transfer trains” to the allow list, added “to change”, “to change something” and “to transfer something” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
- 貸し - Added “rent”, “hire”, “for rent” and “for hire” to the allow list, and added a context sentence.
- 時候 - Added “weather” as an alternative meaning, updated the meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
- 辞職 - Added “resign”, “resigning” and “quit” to the allow list, and added two context sentences.
- 延長 - Added “prolongation”, “extending”, “prolong”, “extend”, “lengthen” and “lengthening” to the allow list, and added two context sentences.
- 伸ばす - Moved “to stretch” to the allow list, added “to stretch out”, “to extend something”, “to extend”, “to lengthen something” and “to lengthen” to the allow list, and added a context sentence.
- 尋問 - Added “question”, “examination”, “examine”, “interrogation” and “interrogate” to the allow list.
- 期限 - Added “deadline” as an alternative meaning, moved “period” to the allow list, added “time limit” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and added a context sentence.
- 鎮魂 - Added “giving repose”, “give repose”, “repose of the souls of the dead”, and “repose of departed souls” to the allow list, and added two context sentences.
- 全然 - Added “at all” to the allow list.