A few vocabulary words I've seen a lot

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This is a quick list of a few vocabulary words that I’ve seen more than once and I think might be useful if added to WaniKani.

弊社（へいしゃ）- Our company (A useful word to use and understand in any business context)

当社（とうしゃ）- This company (ibid)

貴社（きしゃ）- Your company (ibid)

怪盗 （かいとう）- Phantom thief (A term you might come across in certain games/anime ;)）

怪盗紳士 （かいとうしんし）- Gentleman thief (ibid)

切ない （せつない）- Heartrending (a useful term to describe something moving)

疑わしい （うたがわしい） - Dubious, suspicious, apocryphal (Another useful i-adjective)

気候変動 (きこうへんどう）- Climate change (The common term to describe the phenomenon)

選出 （せんしゅつ）- Election (One of the words often used for an election)

抜粋 （ばっすい）- Excerpt (For describing short bits of text)

列島 （れっとう）- Archipelago (A term used to describe any archipelago, including Japan!)

首相 （しゅしょう）- Prime minister, chancellor (A title similar to 宰相)

乙女 （おとめ） - maiden, young girl (The word “早乙女” is present in WaniKani, but not 乙女)

危うく （あやうく）- barely, almost, narrowly (Useful in many situations for a close call)

逆転 （ぎゃくてん）- turnabout, reversal of fortunes (Useful in the context of a court trial ;))

占拠 （せんきょ）- occupation, control (Standard term to describe a military occupation, etc.)

指南 （しなん）- training, instruction (Another word to describe training)

弁慶の泣き所 （べんけいのなきどころ）- Achilles’ heel, Benkei’s weak point (Self-explantory)

雌雄 （しゆう）- male and female, female and male, strengths and weaknesses, competition (ibid)

卑怯 （ひきょう）- cowardice, meanness (A relatively common phrase)

男尊女卑 （だんそんじょひ）- chauvinism, sexism (ibid)

卑しい （いやしい）- lowly, vile, mean (ibid)

暗号 （あんごう） - cipher, code (ibid)

暗示 （あんじ） - hint, suggestion (ibid)

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#4

早乙女 makes so much more sense when you know 乙女.

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#5

Shouldn’t this be せんきょ?

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#6

I recognize most of those items from various contexts. :eyes: I agree with @alo that 乙女 （おとめ）would make a lot of sense to learn.

@DefeatableWriter it’s best to email your list of suggestions to the team on hello@wanikani.com. Or at least, tag the mods if you want them to notice this thread. :slight_smile:

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It’s quite obvious which Video games you like :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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Good catch! I’ve edited that accordingly.

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I mean there are a ton of common words that could be added. I’d make the case that 列車 is vastly more common than any of those and that’s not even on WK.

I think there’s just an overall workload that’s envisioned by WK, and they have the selling point of being able to complete the curriculum in just over a year.

Ultimately with all of this I think the question that needs to be asked is, given that WK’s focus is teaching the kanji, would X, Y or Z additional vocabulary word fill a hole? Like with 選出 both of those kanji already appear in a variety of WK vocabulary, so it’d be hard to make the case that it’s adding much more value to the end goal of sufficient exposure.

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That’s a fair enough assessment. This is just a list of suggestions based on what vocabulary terms I’ve found most frequently and had to look up and memorize on my own. I didn’t realize that 列車 (or 本日 for that matter) were not currently on WK. Obviously those ones should be prioritized. There are definitely a few words on the list (namely 弊社、貴社, 列島、and 乙女) that are more essential than the others.

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I definitely agree with this one.

Along with that, 当時 and possibly 当店/当駅 would be good. Heck, just teach 当~ as a polite prefix meaning “this/that”, it’s a pretty useful definition.

Edit: I look up from my desk at work and what do I see written on a board right in front of me, but 当日.

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