These are the content changes we made in September 2026.
Additions and Movements
These are all the items we’ve added, moved and removed during September.
Wed, September 2, 2026 (4 additions, 6 movements)
New Items
- 対岸 vocab - added to level 12
- 岩場 vocab - added to level 16
- 塩コショウ vocab - added to level 17
- 縁取る vocab - added to level 45
Level Changes
- Level 17: 塩水 vocab - moved up to level 20
- Level 17: 塩味 vocab - moved up to level 20
- Level 38: 辟 / Hot Pepper radical - moved down to level 37
- Level 39: 壁 kanji - moved down to level 37
- Level 39: 壁 vocab - moved down to level 37
- Level 39: 壁紙 vocab - moved down to level 37
Reasoning
- 対岸 was added to reinforce 岸’s がん reading after learners encounter 岸 and 海岸.
- 岩場 was added to reinforce 岩’s いわ reading.
- 塩コショウ was added right after 塩 to give learners another useful word with 塩’s しお reading.
- 塩水 and 塩味 moved later because they have dual readings, and we wanted them to appear after learners get familiar with 塩’s on’yomi reading via 食塩 and 塩分, which will be added in the next batch.
- 辟, 壁, 壁, and 壁紙 moved earlier so learners can encounter 壁 sooner and have room for the other 壁-related vocabulary with different readings, which we’ll be adding in later batches.
- 縁取る was added to reinforce 縁’s ふち reading.
Other Updates
These are all the other changes we made to WaniKani content in September.
Radicals
- Angle - Added “antler” to the warning list.
- Lip Ring - Added “possible,” “passable,” “allowed,” “permissible,” “can,” “approval,” “acceptable,” “satisfactory,” and “permitted” to the warning list.
- Dawn - Added radical illustration.
- Korea - Updated the mnemonic and added radical illustration.
- Greenhouse - Updated the mnemonic and added radical illustration.
- Lifeguard - Updated the mnemonic and added radical illustration.
- Mantis - Updated the mnemonic and added radical illustration.
- Wedding - Updated the mnemonic and added radical illustration.
- Comb - Updated the mnemonic and added radical illustration.
- Warehouse - Updated the mnemonic and added radical illustration.
Kanji
- 角 - Added “horn” to the allow list.
- 可 - Added “allowed,” “permissible,” “can,” “approval,” “acceptable,” “satisfactory,” and “permitted” to the allow list.
- 佳 - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.
Vocabulary
- 本州 - Updated the word type.
- 去る - Added “to raise” to the block list.
- 太平洋 - Updated the translations of three context sentences.
- 置き場 - Added “place to put things” to the allow list.
- 鞄 - Fixed a labeling error in one of the patterns of use for the collocations.
- 遮る - Updated the reading explanation.
- 胆 - Added three context sentence translations.