Content Updates for September 2021

These are the content changes we made in September 2021.

Kanji

• 明 - updated reading mnemonic and hint.
• 南 - updated reading mnemonic.
• 垣 - added えん to reading warning list.
• 刈 - added かい and がい to reading warning list.
• 格 - added “rank” to allow list.
• 馬 - added on’yomi め.
• 灰 - added “ash” as a meaning.
• 表 - added “front” to meaning warning list.
• 生 - added “fresh”, “raw”, and “live” to meaning warning list.
• 訓 - added “teaching” to allow list.
• 胴 - updated meaning explanation.
• 邸 - added “resistance” to block list.
• 款 (kanji) - moved up to level 60 to reflect how advanced and uncommon it is.

Vocabulary

• 私立大学 - added “private uni” to alternative meanings.
• 延びる - added “to be destroyed” and “to get destroyed” to the block list.
• 先月 - removed “previous month” from alternative meanings.
• 被る - moved “to put on”, “to wear”, and “to put a hat on”, and updated meaning and reading explanations.
• 触れる - added “to be able to touch” and “can touch” to meaning warning list and added さわれる to reading warning list.
• 聡明 - added “wise” as primary meaning and “intelligent” as alternative meaning, moved “sagacity” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
• 老人 - added “the elderly”, “old man”, “old woman”, “elderly man”, and “elderly woman” to allow list.
• 近視 - added “nearsighted” and “shortsighted” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
• 遠視 - added “farsighted” and “longsighted” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
• 肥満 - added “obese”, “overweight”, and “fat” to allow list, and added two context sentences.
• 取材 - moved “collecting data” to allow list, and added “event coverage”, “coverage”, and “collecting data” to allow list.
• 天王星 (てんのうせい) - Uranus
• 土砂 (どしゃ) - Sediment
• 亮平 (りょうへい) - Ryohei
• 綾乃 (あやの) - Ayano
• 大輔 (だいすけ) - Daisuke
• 勿体ない (もったいない) - wasteful
• 砂 (すな) - moved up to level 36.
• 性愛 (せいあい) - Although 同性愛 and 異性愛 are common, 性愛 by itself is very uncommon. We also have a lot of other words to practice these readings of 性 and 愛.
• 借財 (しゃくざい) - This word is obscure, and we have enough other words to practice these readings of 借 and 財.
• 有毒 - added “poisoning” to block list.
• 夏至 - added “winter solstice” to block list.
• 交通網 - added “transportation network” to meanings.
• 醜悪 - added “ugly” as primary meaning, added “mean” and “offensive” as alternative meanings, moved “ugliness”, “meanness”, and “offensiveness” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, updated one context sentence, and added two context sentences.
• 替える - added “to catch” to block list.
• ゴミ袋 - added “trash bag” to meanings.
• 仮に - made “supposing” primary meaning, added “if” as alternative meaning, moved “temporarily” and “for argument’s sake” to allow list, added “suppose” and “even if” to allow list, and updated meaning and reading explanations.
• 食糧 - added “staple foods” as alternative meaning, moved “food supply” to allow list, added “food” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
• 考える - added “to think about something”, “to consider something” and “to give thought to something” to allow list.
• 足す - added “to add something” as primary meaning, moved “to add” to allow list, and added “plus” to allow list.
• 行う - added “to carry something out” as primary meaning, added “to perform something” as alternative meaning, and moved “to carry out” and “to perform” to allow list.
• 見分ける - moved “to differentiate” to allow list, added “to recognise”, “to differentiate something”, “to tell something apart”, and “to recognize something” to allow list, and updated meaning explanation.
• 食べる - added “to eat something” to allow list.
• 思う - added “to think something” to allow list.
• 点ける - added “to turn something on” as primary meaning, added “to switch something on” and “to light something up” as alternative meanings, and moved “to turn on”, “to switch on” and “to light up” to allow list.
• 教える - added “to teach something” and “to tell something” to allow list.
• 削る - made “to whittle something down” primary meaning, added “to shave something down” and “to reduce something” as alternative meanings, moved “to whittle down”, and “to shave off”, to allow list, added “to cut”, “to cut something”, “to reduce”, “to shave something off” and “to shave down” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
• 出身 (しゅっしん) - one’s origin
• 砂利 (じゃり) - gravel
• 諒一郎 (りょういちろう) - Ryoichiro
• 莉子 (りこ) - Riko
• 駿馬 (しゅんめ, しゅんば) - fast horse
• 茜色 (あかねいろ) - crimson
• 公告 (こうこく) - moved up to level 50
• 聖日 (せいじつ) - this word is obscure, and we have enough other words to practice these readings of 聖 and 日.
• 超音速 (ちょうおんそく) - this word is obscure, and we have enough other words to practice these readings of 超, 音, and 速.
• 込める - added “to crowd” to block list.
• 服飾 - added “fashion” and “clothing” as alternative meanings, added “clothing and accessories”, “clothing”, and “clothes” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
• 股 - updated reading explanation.
• 追悼 - updated reading explanation.
• 原子爆弾 - added “nuclear bomb” to allow list.
• 詩 - added “poet” to block list.
• 詩人 - added “poem” to block list and updated meaning explanation.
• 詩歌 - added “poem” to allow list and “poet” to block list.
• 主 - added おも to reading warning list.
• 欲求 - added “craving” as an alternative meaning, moved “personal needs” to allow list, edited one context sentence translation, and added two context sentences.
• 航法 - added “aviation” to block list.
• 化ける - added “to transform oneself” as primary meaning and “to be transformed” as alternative meaning, and moved “to transform” to allow list.
• 買う - added “to buy something” to allow list.
• 数える - added “to count something” to allow list.
• 決める - added “to decide something” to allow list.
• 見直す - added “transitive” as word type, and added “to decide something”, “to reevaluate something”, “to look at something again”, and “to reconsider something” to allow list.
• 思い出す - added “to remember something”, and “to recall something” to allow list.
• 話す - added “to speak something”, “to speak about something”, and “to talk about something” to allow list.
• 支える - added “to support something”, and “to support someone” to allow list.
• 回す - made “to turn something” primary meaning, added “to spin something” as alternative meaning, and moved “to turn”, “to rotate” and “to spin” to allow list.
• 澄ます - made “to make something clear” primary meaning, added “to clear something” and “to strain” as alternative meanings, moved “to clear” and “to make clear” to allow list, added “to strain something” to allow list, and added two context sentences.
• 昆虫 (こんちゅう) - insect
• 瑛斗 (えいと) - Eito
• 遼太 (りょうた) - Ryota
• 那智の滝 (なちのたき) - Nachi Falls
• 弊社 (へいしゃ) - our company
• 癒す (いやす) - to heal something
• 常に - added “almost always” as alternative meaning, moved “usually” and “ordinarily” to allow list, added “normally” to allow list, updated meaning and reading explanations, and edited one context sentence translation.
• 兄 - added “younger brother” to block list.
• 千 - added “ten thousand” to block list.
• 治す - added “to rule” to block list.
• 落胆 - added “demotion” to block list.
• 鶏 - updated reading explanation and added two context sentences.
• 資料 - added “documents” as an alternative meaning, added “sources” and “materials” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
• 連中 - added “companion” to block list.
• 創造 - replaced one context sentence and added two more.
• 創造力 - added two context sentences.
• 年内 - added “by the year’s end” to allow list.
• 布地 - added “clothes” to block list.
• 暴れる - added “to rise” to block list.
• 人類 - updated meaning explanation.
• 保存 - moved “preserve” to allow list, made “preservation” primary meaning, and added “conserve”, “save, “preserving”, “conserving”, “store”, “storing”, and “storage” to allow list.
• 窮屈 - added “cramped” as alternative meaning, moved “narrow” and “stiff” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added one context sentence.
• 表す - added “to express something” as primary meaning, added “to show something” as alternative meaning, moved “to express” to allow list, added “to show” to allow list, and updated meaning and reading explanations.
• 持つ - added “to hold something” as primary meaning, added “to carry something”, “to own something”, and “to keep something” as alternative meanings, moved “to hold”, “to carry”, “to own”, and “to keep” to allow list, and updated meaning and reading explanations.
• 保つ - added as “to preserve something” primary meaning, added “to keep something” and “to maintain something” as alternative meanings, moved “to preserve”, “to keep”, and “to maintain” to allow list, and updated meaning explanation.
• 受ける - added “to receive something” as primary meaning, added “to accept something” and “to catch something” as alternative meanings, moved “to receive”, “to accept”, and “to catch” to allow list, added “to take in” to allow list, and updated meaning and reading explanations.
• 返す - made “to return something” primary meaning, and made “to return” alternative meaning.
• 売る - added “to sell something” as primary meaning, and moved “to sell” to allow list.
• 苦しめる - added “to make someone suffer” and “to make suffer” to allow list.
• 間違える - added “to make a mistake in something”, “to confuse something”, “to mistake something”, “to be mistaken”, “to be mistaken about something”, and “to confuse someone” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.
• 人里 (ひとざと) - human habitation
• 蒼白 (そうはく) - pallid
• 拓哉 (たくや) - Takuya
• 浄瑠璃 (じょうるり) - joruri, ballad
• 瑠璃色 (るりいろ) - bright blue
• 定款 (ていかん) - moved up to level 60 to reflect how advanced and uncommon it is.
• 約款 (やっかん) - moved up to level 60 to reflect how advanced and uncommon it is.
• 借款 (しゃっかん) - this word is very uncommon, and we have enough other words to practice the readings of 借 and 款.