October 29 2021 Content Updates

10/29/2021

Radicals

Bathtub (22) - added “bath” to allow list.

(28) - added “speciality” to the allow list

Kanji

(22) - added “plan” and “policy” to allow list.

(22) - added “every” to allow list.

(21) - added “evaluation” to allow list.

(17) - added “wade” as an alternative meaning and updated meaning mnemonic.

(39) - added “A” as an alternative meaning and updated meaning mnemonic.

(18) - added “tap” as primary meaning, made “strike” an alternative meaning, added “slap” as an alternative meaning, moved “beat” to allow list, and updated meaning and reading mnemonics.

(39) - added ひ to the readings list.

(30) - added じゅ to the readings list.

(38) - added “lose” to block list.

(16) - added “speciality” to the allow list.

Vocabulary

圧倒する (22) - added “to overpower” to allow list and added one context sentence.

検査 (21) - added “test”, “examine”, “inspect”, and “check” to allow list and added two context sentences.

課長 (13) - added “section head” and “head of section” to allow list.

判子 (21) - added “one’s stamp”, “stamp”, and “personal stamp” to allow list and added two context sentences.

告白 (18) - added “declaration”, “confession of love”, and “declaration of love” to allow list, and updated meaning explanation.

商売 (12) - added “trade” as an alternative meaning and updated meaning explanation.

設定する (21) - added “to set” to allow list.

議論 (20) - added “debate” and “dispute” to allow list.

嫌味 (22) - added “hurtful remark”, “unpleasant remark”, “sarcastic”, “unpleasant”, and “disagreeable” to allow list.

務める (21) - added “to work” and “to serve” to allow list.

困難 (20) - added “hard” and “difficult” as alternative meanings, and added “trouble” and “troublesome” to allow list.

下品 (16) - added “vulgar” as alternative meaning, and added “coarse” and “indecent” to allow list.

(57) - moved “defendant”, “latter”, and “quaint” to allow list, and updated meaning explanation.

叩く (18) - added “to tap” as alternative meaning, added “to beat something”, “to tap something”, “to strike something”, “to hit something”, “to knock something”, “to clap”, “to clap something”, “to beat someone”, “to tap someone”, “to strike someone”, and “to hit someone” to allow list, added はたく to reading warning list, updated meaning explanation, and updated one context sentence translation.

叩頭 (18) - updated meaning explanation.

陶器 (49) - added すえき to reading warning list.

邦人 (39) - added “compatriot” to as alternative meaning.

角度 (9) - added “triangle” to block list.

敗れる (17) - added “to be separated” to block list.

喫煙 (18) - added “nonsmoking” to the block list.

辛抱 (44) - added “impatience” to the block list.

玄米 (51) - added “polished rice” and “milled rice” to block list.

(45) - moved “approximate” to allow list, added “time” and “approximately” to allow list, updated meaning and reading explanations, and added two context sentences.

(54) - added “folly” and “foolishness” as alternative meanings, moved “stupid” to allow list, added “silliness”, “stupidity”, “absurdity”, “absurd”, and “dumb” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.

二時半 (7) - added “2 thirty” and “two 30” to allow list.

承知 (34) - added “aware” as an alternative meaning, added “consenting” and “knowing” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.

納得 (35) - added “being convinced” as primary meaning, added “accepting” as alternative meaning, added “conviction” to allow list, updated meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.

許諾 (36) - added “permission” as primary meaning, updated meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.

承諾 (36) - added “acceptance” as an alternative meaning, updated meaning explanation, and added two context sentences.

水色 (5) - added “sky color,” “sky colour,” “sky blue color,” “sky blue colour,” “aqua color,” and “aqua colour” to the allow list.

一気 (4) - added “1 breath” to allow list.

規則 (23) - added “rules” and “regulations” to allow list.

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Thanks Jenny :slight_smile: !

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Thank you, Jenny! :grin:

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Lots of great changes. Big thanks Jenny! :slight_smile:

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This is great. Do you guys keep track of common user mistakes or something? I have mostly definitely typed “every” for 各, “plan” for 策 and “personal stamp” for 判子

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Thank you, Jenny!

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This is a great update! :slight_smile:

The following link is pointing to the admin section:

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There is this thread for instance: Oh, Come On! Closest Wrong Answers thread

There is also a sister thread for closest correct answers from which I think the blocklist words come :slight_smile: .

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We can see which items are commonly answered incorrectly but not the actual answers that were entered! Most of the ideas for changes come from suggestions on the forum, by email, or on chat, and from us rummaging around in and using WaniKani :smiley:

Thank you! Fixed!

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So now I gotta ask, what are the top missed items? And any thoughts on why they are missed the most?

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The last time we generated a report, the top items were transitivity pairs and single-kanji vocabulary with different meanings and/or readings from the matching kanji. We thought that was down to factors like interference, insufficient meaning explanations, and ambiguous English meanings. So we made some changes, like adding the “warning” shake, separating the transitivity pairs, updating meanings and explanations… and hopefully the next report will show fewer errors for those items! :crossed_fingers:t2:

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