Thursday July 9 2026 Content Updates

Kanji

君 (8) - Updated the reading mnemonic and reading hint.

訓 (18) - Updated the reading mnemonic and reading hint.

適 (30) - Added 敵 (21) to the visually similar kanji list.

薄 (40) - Added すすき and せま to the warning list.

柄 (42) - Added え as an alternative reading, added つか and いきお to the warning list, added “design” to the allow list, and added “handle,” “grip,” “crank,” “knob,” “shaft,” “build,” “nature,” and “character” to the warning list.

賜 (46) - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.

勲 (54) - Updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.

寡 (60) - Added 募 (37) to the visually similar kanji list.

Vocabulary

止める (3) - Added “to raise” to the block list.

一万 (3) - Updated the meaning explanation.

存じる (16) - Added “to grow” to the block list.

無休 (17) - Added “no breaks” to the allow list.

細い (17) - Added “slim” to the allow list, added “fine,” “small,” “narrow,” “skinny,” and “faint” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation.

結果 (18) - Added one common word combination.

減る (19) - Added “to be reduced,” “to get reduced,” “to diminish,” and “to dwindle” to the allow list, added “to lose,” “to reduce,” “to lessen,” “to go down,” and “to fall” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation, added four common word combinations, and updated two context sentence translations.

果物 (19) - Updated the meaning explanation, added two common word combinations, and added one context sentence translation.

経済 (22) - Added “finance” as an alternative meaning, moved “economics” and “the economy” to the allow list, added “finances” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation, and added one common word combination.

経済的 (24) - Updated the meaning explanation, and updated two context sentence translations.

果てる (25) - Added one common word combination.

逆説 (28) - Added “counterintuitive statement” as an alternative meaning, updated the meaning explanation, added eight common word combinations, and updated two context sentence translations.

薄い (40) - Added “diluted” as an alternative meaning, moved “dilute” to the allow list, moved “weak” to the warning list, added “slim” to the allow list, added “light,” “little,” “not much,” “small,” “watery,” “sparse,” “patchy,” and “scattered” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation.

薄まる (40) - Added “to become diluted,” “to become diminished,” “to become thin,” “to become faint,” and “to become weaker” to the allow list, added “to weaken” and “to thin” to the warning list, updated the reading explanation, and updated one context sentence translation.

柄 (42) - Added え, つか, いきお, and へい to the warning list, and added “build,” “nature,” “handle,” “grip,” “crank,” “knob,” and “shaft” to the warning list.

薄める (42) - Added “to thin something” as an alternative meaning, added “to thin,” “to thin down,” “to thin down something,” “to thin something down,” “to thin out,” “to thin out something,” and “to thin something out” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation.

金髪 (44) - Changed the primary meaning to “blond hair”, moved “blonde” to be an alternative meaning, added “blond” as an alternative meaning, added “blonde hair,” “blond-haired,” “blonde-haired,” “fair hair,” “fair-haired,” “golden hair,” “golden-haired,” “flaxen hair,” and “flaxen-haired” to the allow list, added “yellow hair,” “yellow-haired,” “bleach-blond,” and “bleach-blonde” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation.

穏やか (46) - Updated the reading explanation.

偏り (54) - Updated the meaning explanation.

飽食 (56) - Added “starvation” to the block list.

某〜 (60) - Added one context sentence translation.

You added “fine” to the warning list for 細い but I’m still seeing the example sentence which uses the word “fine,” i.e. a fine tip pen.

I had also flagged this when I reported this, so I’m confused why this wasn’t actually addressed as far as I can tell.

Thanks, I’ll have the team take a look.

Hi there, the team has this to say:

Thanks for your question. In short, we decided to keep the example sentence because we felt it was still a good sentence that conveyed 細い’s nuance well — even if the English translation itself (”fine”) was rather specific to the situation.

Basically, here’s the way we see it: within the context of the example sentence, “fine” is the most natural translation. Moreover, the sentence itself is natural, and it shows how wide-ranging 細い’s uses can be, so removing it entirely wouldn’t be doing anyone any favors. That said, “fine” isn’t going to be the default translation of 細い in most other situations, and it’s not the meaning we want users entering over and over during reviews. When you encounter “細い,” we want the first word that pops into your mind to be “thin,” not “fine” — and this is why “fine” was added to the warning list. We don’t want anyone to be penalized for entering it, but we also don’t want to encourage anyone to make it their go-to mental translation — we’d prefer people just put it in the “possible, but not default” folder in their brains.

Our general guideline for translations used in example sentences is simply that they not be marked outright wrong when someone enters them during a review. Whether they go to the allow list or the warning list depends on how common we judge them to be. Your previous feedback alerted us to the fact that “fine” was not on any list, resulting in an incorrect answer for people who entered it. This was definitely an oversight, and we really appreciated you flagging this. It gave us the opportunity to take another look at 細い’s page, and we actually ended up making quite a few improvements to it, including adding some additional meanings. “Fine” was one of these, but we ultimately decided the warning list was the best place for it since it’s a very situational translation.

Hopefully that clears up our thought process here a bit, but don’t hesitate to reach out again if you have any more questions or feedback.