People make mistakes, we’re all human, but the frequency of readings changing with WK has become rather wearing. Countless times I’ll answer a question in a review only for it to be rejected, because WK have at some point changed the meaning of a word. This isn’t a rare event. I get it that mistake…

Hey everyone - we brought this issue back to the larger content team. I come with their message: Thanks for this feedback! You shouldn’t be getting penalized for using old meanings, at least not for about 6 months after the changes. In terms of how we handle meaning changes: If the old meaning …

The moving target of Wanikani readings

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matt_llvw April 17, 2025, 10:48am 15

here’s a new batch of useless primary meaning updates:

Topic		Replies	Views
Updating the "meaning" of Kanji WaniKani	12	496	December 14, 2024
Kanji/Vocab Corrections headache with On/Kun readings Requesting Help	13	1671	November 8, 2018
Yet Another Wanikani Could Be More Useful Thread (aka, fixing WK's missing kanji readings) Feedback	9	1365	February 18, 2019
"That's possible, but it's not the reading/meaning pair you learnt" WaniKani	9	735	July 13, 2022
Single-character Vocabulary Items Feedback	26	1801	May 22, 2019

The moving target of Wanikani readings

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