Thursday January 1 2026 Content Updates

明けましておめでとうございます。今年もよろしくお願いします。 :grinning_face:

Radicals

Dog (2) - Added “canine,” “k9,” and “k-9” to the warning list.

Spirit (4) - Added “pelican” to the warning list.

Yurt (9) - Added “sick” to the block list.

Feeling (55) - Added “feel,” “sense,” “sensation,” and “emotion” to the warning list.

Kanji

(12) - Added (13) to the visually similar kanji list.

(13) - Added “feel,” “sense,” “sensation,” and “emotion” to the allow list.

(18) - Added (28) to the visually similar kanji list.

(18) - Added “inspection” to the block list.

(19) - Added “reduce” and “curtail” to the allow list.

(20) - Changed the primary meaning to “cover”, moved “incur” to be an alternative meaning, and added “wear,” “put on,” “receive,” “suffer,” and “take” to the warning list.

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

(23) - Added the on’yomi reading し as the alternative reading.

(29) - Moved “direct” to the primary meaning, and moved “director” to the allow list.

(37) - Updated the meaning mnemonic and hint.

(46) - Added とし and とせ as alternative readings, added よわい to the warning list, added “year” and “time” as alternative meanings, added “years” and “age” to the allow list, and updated the reading mnemonic and hint.

(49) - Changed the primary meaning to “royal consort”, moved “princess” to be an alternative meaning, and updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.

(53) - Added “longitude” to the block list.

婿 (60) - Updated the reading hint.

Vocabulary

辛い (9) - Updated one common word combination.

苦しい (9) - Added “distressing” and “strained” as alternative meanings, moved “agonizing” to the allow list, added “uncomfortable,” “unpleasant,” and “stressful” to the allow list, added “hard,” “difficult,” “tough,” “rough,” “awkward,” “tight,” “lame,” “forced,” “farfetched,” and “far-fetched” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and added one context sentence translation.

注意 (11) - Updated one context sentence translation.

不良 (11) - Updated three context sentence translations.

神社 (11) - Added “shrine” as an alternative meaning, and updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation.

文章 (12) - Updated two context sentence translations.

思想 (13) - Updated three context sentence translations.

実感 (13) - Added “fully realizing” as an alternative meaning, moved “actual feeling” to the allow list, added “real sense,” “actual sense,” and “fully realize” to the allow list, added “realize,” “realizing,” “belief,” and “believing” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and updated three common word combinations.

感心 (13) - Added “being impressed” and “praiseworthy” as alternative meanings, added “admire,” “admiring,” “admirable,” “be impressed,” and “impressive” to the allow list, added “good,” “like,” and “liking” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, updated two common word combinations, and updated one context sentence translation.

同感 (13) - Changed the primary meaning to “agreement”, added “feeling the same” as an alternative meaning, moved “same sentiment,” “concurrence,” and “agree” to the allow list, added “same feeling” and “same opinion” to the allow list, moved “sympathy” and “empathy” to the warning list, added “empathizing” and “sympathizing” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, updated four common word combinations, and updated one context sentence translation.

感動する (13) - Added “to be moved emotionally,” “to be moved,” “to be touched,” “to be touched emotionally,” “to be emotionally touched,” and “to be touching” to the allow list, added “to be impressed” and “to be impressive” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, added three common word combinations, and updated one context sentence translation.

感じ (13) - Updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation, updated one common word combination, and updated one context sentence translation.

(15) - Updated one context sentence translation.

(15) - Added “Buddhist temple” as an alternative meaning, and updated the reading explanation.

被る (20) - Added “to incur,” “to take on,” and “to accept” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation, and updated one context sentence translation.

他動詞 (21) - Added “intransitive vebr” to the block list.

寝る (22) - Updated one context sentence translation.

被害者 (22) - Moved “victims” to the allow list, added “casualty” and “casualties” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation, and updated one context sentence translation.

贅沢 (23) - Updated one context sentence translation.

従兄弟 (28) - Added じゅうけいてい to the warning list.

旅券 (28) - Updated four context sentence translations.

処理 (28) - Added “handling” and “processing” as alternative meanings, moved “take care of” and “process” to the allow list, added “dealing with,” “taking care of,” “manage,” “managing,” “handle,” “address,” and “addressing” to the allow list, added “management,” “settle,” “settling,” “treat,” “treating,” “dispose,” “disposing,” “disposal,” “resolve,” “resolving,” “defuse,” and “defusing” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.

睡眠薬 (29) - Updated the meaning explanation, added eight common word combinations, and updated two context sentence translations.

垂直 (33) - Added seven common word combinations, and added three context sentence translations.

垂らす (33) - Added “to droop something” to the allow list, added “to droop” to the warning list, added nine common word combinations, and updated two context sentence translations.

貴様 (34) - Added “you bastard” as an alternative meaning, updated the meaning explanation, added three common word combinations, and added three context sentence translations.

貴重 (34) - Added “invaluable” and “rare” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation, added four common word combinations, and added three context sentence translations.

貴い (34) - Changed the primary meaning to “noble”, added “invaluable” as an alternative meaning, moved “sacred” and “valuable” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation, added three common word combinations, and added three context sentence translations.

貴族 (34) - Added “aristocrat” as an alternative meaning, moved “a noble” to the allow list, added “the peerage” and “peerage” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, added ten common word combinations, and added three context sentence translations.

垂れる (35) - Added ten common word combinations, and updated two context sentence translations.

柔らかい (43) - Changed the primary meaning to “soft”, added “gentle,” “mild,” “smooth,” “mellow,” “malleable,” “adaptable,” “supple,” “limber,” “limp,” and “light” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation, added five common word combinations, and added three context sentence translations.

歳入 (46) - Added “annual government revenue” and “fiscal-year revenue” as alternative meanings, added “annual fiscal revenue,” “annual government income,” and “revenue for the fiscal year” to the allow list, and added “government revenue,” “government income,” “fiscal revenue,” and “fiscal income” to the warning list.

万歳 (46) - Added ばんぜい, まんせい, and まんざい to the warning list.

碁会所 (46) - Added “Go Parlour” and “Go Playing Parlour” to the allow list.

皇太子妃 (49) - Moved “crown princess consort” to be an alternative meaning, added “consort of the crown prince,” “the consort of the crown prince,” “wife of the crown prince,” “the wife of the crown prince,” “the crown prince’s consort,” “crown prince’s consort,” “the crown prince’s wife,” and “crown prince’s wife” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, added six common word combinations, and added four context sentence translations.

遮断機 (59) - Added “circuit breaker” to the warning list.

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https://www.wanikani.com/kanji/督 instead of https://www.wanikani.com/admin/subjects/1394 should probably be the link for “ (29) - Moved “direct” to the primary meaning, and moved “director” to the allow list.” The admin one doesn’t load.

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A content update message on January 1st? Tofugu is denying you the holiday? Happy new year @mamimumason ! I wish you health, wealth and happiness in 2026.

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Thanks for that, I’ve changed the link now

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Great, thanks!

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