Thursday December 18 2025 Content Updates

Hi everyone! :waving_hand:

Can you believe the year is already coming to an end? Since next week is a holiday, we won’t be posting then and our next update will be in 2026. :flushed_face:

Wishing you a wonderful holiday season and a happy New Year — 良いお年を!:tada::sparkles:

Radicals

Kiss (10) - Added “each” to the warning list, and updated the mnemonic.

Kanji

(15) - Updated the reading mnemonic and reading hint.

(18) - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint, updated the order of radical components to “Scooter” + “Dirt” + “Sheep”.

(18) - Updated the meaning hint.

(21) - Updated the meaning hint.

(22) - Added “every” as an alternative meaning, added “kiss” to the warning list, and updated the meaning mnemonic and reading mnemonic.

(29) - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.

(34) - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, and reading mnemonic.

(34) - Updated the meaning mnemonic, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.

(34) - Updated the meaning mnemonic.

(34) - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, and reading hint.

(34) - Updated the meaning mnemonic and meaning hint.

(34) - Updated the meaning mnemonic.

(36) - Updated the meaning mnemonic and meaning hint.

(37) - Updated the meaning mnemonic and reading hint.

(37) - Updated the meaning mnemonic and meaning hint.

(37) - Updated the meaning mnemonic.

(37) - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.

(38) - Updated the meaning mnemonic and meaning hint.

(39) - Updated the meaning mnemonic.

(41) - Added (41) to the visually similar kanji list.

(42) - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, and reading mnemonic.

(42) - Updated the meaning mnemonic.

(42) - Updated the meaning mnemonic.

(42) - Updated the meaning mnemonic and reading mnemonic.

(42) - Added “faster” to the the block list.

(43) - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.

(43) - Updated the meaning mnemonic and reading mnemonic.

(43) - Updated the meaning mnemonic.

(43) - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.

(44) - Added “conceal” as an alternative meaning, added “hide” to the allow list, and updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.

(47) - Updated the reading mnemonic and reading hint.

(51) - Updated the meaning mnemonic and meaning hint.

Vocabulary

(2) - Added じつ to the warning list.

お父さん (3) - Added “pa” and “daddy” to the allow list, added “ma” to the block list, and updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation.

(3) - Added “dad” as an alternative meaning, moved “my father” to the allow list, added “papa,” “pa,” and “daddy” to the allow list, added “ma” to the block list, and updated the meaning explanation.

早々 (4) - Moved “just after” to the allow list, added “hurriedly,” “earlier,” “sooner,” “speedily,” “ahead of schedule,” “right after,” and “immediately” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation.

今年 (6) - Moved こんねん to the warning list, and updated the reading explanation.

豚肉 (6) - Updated two context sentence translations.

東アジア (7) - Added “east africa” to the block list.

向こう (8) - Added “over that way” as an alternative meaning, moved “opposite side” and “far away” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation.

あそこ (9) - Updated the meaning explanation.

名古屋 (9) - Updated one context sentence translation.

欠ける (9) - Updated two common word combinations.

千葉 (10) - Added “china” to the block list.

見物 (11) - Added みもの to the warning list.

味方 (11) - Updated one context sentence translation.

共同 (11) - Changed the primary meaning to “joint”, added “collaborative” and “shared” as alternative meanings, moved “collaboration” and “cooperation” to the allow list, added “communal,” “together,” “sharing,” “cooperate,” “cooperating,” “collaborate,” “collaborating,” “share,” “team up,” “teaming up,” “work together,” and “working together” to the allow list, added “community,” “united,” “togetherness,” “jointly,” and “together” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.

払う (15) - Added “to reply” to the block list.

嫌味 (22) - Updated three context sentence translations.

祝う (24) - Updated the reading explanation.

独り言 (28) - Changed the primary meaning to “talking to oneself”, added “muttering to oneself” as an alternative meaning, moved “talking to yourself” to the allow list, added “muttering to yourself,” “muttering to oneself,” “mumble,” “mumbling,” “mumble to yourself,” and “mumbling to oneself” to the allow list, added “monologue,” “monolog,” and “soliloquy” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.

前売り券 (28) - Updated the meaning explanation.

怒らせる (29) - Updated the meaning explanation.

成程 (30) - Added “that makes sense” as an alternative meaning, added “I get it,” “got it,” “good point,” and “uh-huh” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.

臨む (37) - Added “to favor” to the block list.

却って (38) - Added “rather” as an alternative meaning, added “only” and “just” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and added three context sentence translations.

兼ねる (40) - Added “to be unable to do” to the warning list.

忍者 (44) - Updated the meaning explanation.

(46) - Added “the game of go” as an alternative meaning, moved “go boardgame” to the allow list, added “go board game,” “go game,” and “game of go” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, added ten common word combinations, and added three context sentence translations.

囲碁 (46) - Added “the game of go” as an alternative meaning, moved “go board game” to the allow list, added “go boardgame,” “go game,” and “game of go” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, added eleven common word combinations, and added three context sentence translations.

碁盤 (46) - Updated the meaning explanation.

碁会所 (46) - Moved ごかいじょ to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation.

可哀想 (47) - Updated one context sentence translation.

斜面 (48) - Updated one context sentence translation.

(50) - Updated one context sentence translation.

洞穴 (50) - Updated one context sentence translation.

取り敢えず (59) - Added “for now” and “tentatively” as alternative meanings, moved “first of all” to the allow list, moved “at once” and “immediately” to the warning list, added “first” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and added three context sentence translations.

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