Thursday June 18 2026 Content Updates

Radicals

Lineage (30) - Added “system,” “line,” “group,” “descent,” “category,” “genre,” “descendant,” and “affiliate” to the warning list, and updated the mnemonic.

Kanji

(17) - Added “signature” as an alternative meaning, moved “office” to the allow list, added “public agency,” “department,” “division,” and “signing” to the allow list, moved “political office” to the warning list, added “station” and “public office” to the warning list, and updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.

(22) - Added (6) to the visually similar kanji list.

(25) - Added よう to the warning list, added “silhouette” to the allow list, added “shade,” “reflection,” “image,” “presence,” “figure,” “shape,” and “trace” to the warning list, and updated the reading mnemonic and reading hint.

(45) - Added おん as an alternative reading, added あん, くら, and ひそ to the warning list, added “shadow,” “negative,” “dark,” “gloomy,” “gloom,” “genitals,” “sex organs,” “behind,” “background,” “in the shadows,” “behind the scenes,” “the shade,” “shadows,” “in the background,” “behind the back,” and “behind someone’s back” to the warning list, and updated the meaning hint and reading hint.

(57) - Changed the primary meaning to “bud”, moved “sprout” to be an alternative meaning, moved きざ and めばえ readings to the warning list, added ぼう, めば, めぐ, たみ, and きざし readings to the warning list, added “show symptoms of” and “show signs of” to the allow list, and updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.

Vocabulary

洋室 (11) - Updated one context sentence.

署名 (17) - Added “signing” as an alternative meaning, added “signing one’s name” to the allow list, added “autograph” and “autographing” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation.

借家 (18) - Updated the reading explanation.

最後尾 (20) - Added “back of a line” and “back of a queue” to the allow list.

(25) - Added “silhouette” as an alternative meaning, added “shade,” “reflection,” “image,” “presence,” “figure,” “shape,” “trace,” and “outline” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation, added twelve common word combinations, and added two context sentence translations.

(29) - Updated the meaning explanation.

日系 (30) - Updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation, and added seven common word combinations.

家賃 (33) - Updated the reading explanation.

縦横 (34) - Updated one context sentence.

(45) - Changed the primary meaning to “shade”, moved “shadow” to the allow list, added おん, あん, くら, and ひそ to the warning list, added “the shade,” “shadows,” “the shadows,” “in the background,” “behind the back,” “behind someone’s back,” “behind,” and “background” to the allow list, added “negative,” “dark,” “gloomy,” “gloom,” “genitals,” and “sex organs” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation, added twelve common word combinations, and added three context sentence translations.

萌え (59) - Changed the primary meaning to “budding”, moved “moe” and “infatuation” to be alternative meanings, moved “sprouting” and “crush” to the allow list, added “affection,” “cutesy,” “cute,” “adorable,” “precious,” and “endearing” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation, added five common word combinations, and added three context sentence translations.

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