June 12 2020 Content Updates

WaniKani Content Updates
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Kanji

木 (2) - updated reading mnemonic

Vocab

有罪 (20) - added “guilt” to meanings, added “culpable” and “culpability” to whitelist, and updated meaning explanation

犯す (20) - moved “to perpetrate” to whitelist, added “to commit” and “to violate” to whitelist, adn updated meaning explanation

告白 (18) - updated meaning explanation

作品 (16) - added “product” to blacklist

反省 (21) - added “reconciliation” to blacklist

見える (4) - added “to see” to blacklist

替わる (25) - added “to replace” to blacklist

正確 (20) - added “correct” to whitelist

夫妻 (20) - added “married couple” and “Mr. and Mrs.” to meanings and updated meaning explanation

余る (20) - added “to be left over” to whitelist, moved “to exceed” and “to surplus” to whitelist, and updated meaning explanation

不思議 (20) - added “marvelous” to meanings, moved “marvel” to whitelist, added “mysterious,” “wonderful,” and "strange to whitelist, and updated meaning explanation

収める (25) - moved “to come into power” and “to dedicate” to whitelist, updated meaning explanation, and added two context sentences

殺人 (13) - added “murderer” to blacklist

南東 (6) - added “northeast” to blacklist

黒 (7) - added “bad” to blacklist

翻る (50) - added “to fly” to blacklist

賢人 (48) - added “sage” as primary meaning and “wise person” as secondary meaning, moved “wise man” to whitelist, and updated meaning explanation

訴える (25) - added “to cut” to blacklist

残る (14) - added “to leave behind” to blacklist

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Thank you, Jenny

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My pleasure Kumirei! Have a nice weekend :slight_smile:

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Is this the proper place to ask questions about content updates? If so, can you explain this change? jisho includes your blacklisted word here and here
Thanks for your hard work.

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You had me worried there for a moment… correction: Level 50.

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Ooops! Fixed, thank you :smiley:

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Hi tip! Thanks for the question (here is fine but we may miss questions sometimes - the safest way is always email!) These changes were both based on requests from learners, who were mixing up 替える/替わる and 翻る/翔ける. It’s true that both of those are valid translations, though, so we’ll think about this one some more :thinking::thinking:

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Jenny, this is mostly whining, but could you start adding embedded links to the list so that we can go straight to the item from your list?

Thank you!

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Hi atomicalex, yes we can start doing that from this week :slight_smile:

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Thank you! I really do appreciate the work you all put into this. I just read the instructions to a part in Japanese without looking for the English. That is a big deal for me and thank you to WaniKani for making it possible!

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That’s fantastic! We always love hearing stories like this :slight_smile:

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Good move, “to exceed” was not exactly the same as in “to be in excess”. Will “to exceed” be deleted from whitelist after some time?
Cordially,

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Good question! 余る is intransitive, whereas “to exceed” is transitive, at least in its most common uses, making this translation a bit misleading. That’s why we no longer wanted it to be visible, and it’s also a good argument for eventually removing it for the whitelist :thinking: