The kanji lesson says that “三日月” means both “crescent moon” and “new moon”, despite those being very different phases of the moon. Did some research and found conflicting sources, but many listed “新月” for new moon. This seems like a pretty major discrepancy for terms referring to a lunar calendar. A…

I’m not a native English speaker, but according to Wikipedia , new moon in English can also be a bit blurry. The original meaning of the term ‘new moon’, which is still sometimes used in calendrical, non-astronomical contexts, is the first visible crescent. Same for Japanese, on day 1 and 2 the m…

三日月 is not a new addition as far as I can recall. I mean, I want to say it was here back in the ancient times, when I did WK. Though I suppose the only way to confirm when it was added would be to email them, unless someone made a post that mentions it as an item at some point earlier.

Well it’s either a new word or one that’s been moved to level 5 this week.

[image] pembo: but the tofugu team seem so hell bent on adding more vocab and kana only stuff and whatever. I don’t think the people who add words are the same as the ones writing code.

[image] pembo: Have you learned these kanji? no. what you’ve learned is that there’s some obscure pronunciations of these kanji and their meaning isn’t concrete. Idk, this vocab was just introduced for me, and after reading through this whole thread I think I’ll never forget it.

They’re the same company, that’s on them how they distribute resources. I’m not saying the vocab team should suddenly start coding.

[image] WaniKani Content Additions: Wednesday August 9th - Wednesday September 20th 2023 Wednesday, August 23, 2023 - Published Additions Level 5: 三日月 (みかづき) - Crescent Moon Yeah, added 2 days ago.

But they’ve also removed the link to the forum (ish), so it’s lucky if you even read this conversation. If you’re Joe Public, the lowest common denominator, the one who actually makes tofugu money, then you’re gonna feel robbed at some point.

[image] Kazzeon: Yeah, added 2 days ago. Then that just means I’ve known the Japanese word for a long time. Usually people would take that to mean it’s a word worth knowing.

Yeah, I haven’t seen it in writing much that I remember, but it makes sense and I won’t forget it now.

Congrats, doesn’t mean it’s true for everyone. And it’s clear that WK isn’t teaching the proper nuance of it, and that’s my point. the whole list of content isn’t taught properly, do I need to mention that it teaches さようなら as just goodbye?

三日月 New Moon vs Crescent Moon

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Kazzeon August 25, 2023, 10:55pm 30

Yeah, added 2 days ago.

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三日月 New Moon vs Crescent Moon

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