Thursday May 7 2026 Content Updates

Radicals

Mix (25) - Added “mingle” to the allow list, and added “interact,” “intermingle,” “interweave,” “exchange,” and “cross” to the warning list.

Before/Front (28) - Changed the primary meaning to “front”, moved “before” to the allow list, and updated the mnemonic.

Inside (33) - Added “within,” “among,” “amongst,” “during,” “while,” “between,” “us,” “ours,” “I,” “mine,” “me,” “we,” “house,” and “home” to the warning list.

Kanji

(3) - Added だい, のう, どう, and い to the warning list, added “among,” “amongst,” “during,” “while,” “between,” “us,” “ours,” “we,” “I,” “me,” “mine,” “house,” and “home” to the warning list.

(5) - Added こもごも to the warning list, added “interact,” “intermingle,” “interweave,” “exchange,” and “cross” to the allow list, and updated the meaning hint.

(9) - Added さね as an alternative reading, added まこと and まめ to the warning list, added “nut,” “seed,” “ripen,” “fruition,” and “actual” to the allow list, added “full,” “fullness,” “bear fruit,” “substance,” “sincerity,” “honesty,” and “genuine” to the warning list, and updated the meaning mnemonic, meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.

(25) - Added かい, いた, and なら to the warning list, updated the meaning hint, reading mnemonic, and reading hint.

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

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

(40) - Added (38) to the visually similar kanji list.

(42) - Added “cord” to the allow list, and added “cable,” “class,” “sumo champion’s belt,” “sumo wrestler’s belt,” “sumo belt,” “line,” “cable,” “hawser,” and “outline” to the warning list.

(42) - Added ぼう to the warning list, added “network,” “mesh,” “grate,” “grid,” “wire grate,” “wire grid,” “metal grate,” “metal grid,” “screen,” “halftone,” “web,” and “webbing” to the warning list, and updated the reading mnemonic.

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

Vocabulary

少ない (3) - Added “small amount,” “small amount of,” “small number,” and “small number of” to the allow list, added “little,” “small,” “low,” “short,” “insufficient,” “seldom,” and “rare” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation, updated one common word combination, and updated one context sentence translation.

立つ (2) - Added “to write” to the block list.

(3) - Added ない, だい, のう, どう, and い to the warning list, added “among,” “amongst,” “during,” “while,” “between,” “us,” “ours,” “we,” “i,” “me,” “mine,” “house,” and “home” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation, and added six common word combinations.

仕方 (4) - Added “how to do” as an alternative meaning, moved “way” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation.

見方 (4) - Added “way of looking at” as an alternative meaning, moved “viewpoint” to the allow list, added “way of viewing,” “how to look at,” “how to view,” “how to watch,” “way to watch,” “way of watching,” and “how to see” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation.

人気 (4) - Updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation.

内ポケット (7) - Added “inside breast pocket,” “interior pocket,” and “interior breast pocket” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation.

考え方 (7) - Added “way to think” and “how to think” to the allow list, added “thinking,” “opinion,” and “viewpoint” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation.

言い方 (7) - Added “way of putting something” and “wording” as alternative meanings, added “way of saying something,” “way of putting things,” “way of saying things,” “phrasing,” “how to say,” “way to say,” “how to put something,” “how to put it,” and “way of putting it” to the allow list, moved “way of talking” and “speaking style” to the warning list, added “word choice” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation.

作り方 (7) - Moved “way to make” to the allow list, added “how to create,” “way of creating,” and “way to create” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation.

読み方 (10) - Changed the primary meaning to “how to read”, moved “reading” to be an alternative meaning, moved “pronunciation” to the allow list, added “way to read” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation, updated two common word combinations, and updated one context sentence translation.

使い方 (11) - Added “way to use” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation.

話し方 (12) - Moved “way of talking” and “talking style” to the allow list, and updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation.

空く (13) - Updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation.

主因 (17) - Added “main factor,” “primary factor,” “major cause,” “major factor,” “chief cause,” “chief factor,” “leading cause,” “leading factor,” “key cause,” and “key factor” to the allow list, added “main culprit” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and added four common word combinations.

果てる (17) - Changed the primary meaning to “to come to an end”, moved “to end” to be an alternative meaning, added “to be lost” and “to be extinguished” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation, added eight common word combinations, and updated three context sentence translations.

果物 (17) - Added ten common word combinations, and updated three context sentence translations.

結局 (17) - Changed the primary meaning to “in the end”, moved “after all” to be an alternative meaning, moved “eventually” to the warning list, added “ultimately” as an alternative meaning, added “when all is said and done,” “when all was said and done,” “at the end of the day,” and “as it turned out” to the allow list, added “finally,” “in conclusion,” “in short,” “all in all,” “all told,” and “in the long run” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, added four common word combinations, and updated three context sentence translations.

結果 (17) - Added “outcome” as an alternative meaning, added “effect,” “consequence,” and “fruit” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, and added thirteen common word combinations.

書き方 (18) - Changed the primary meaning to “how to write”, moved “way to write” to the allow list, added “handwriting” to the warning list, and updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation.

果たして (19) - Moved “as expected” to the allow list, added “sure enough,” “actually,” “truly,” and “in fact” to the allow list, added “indeed” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation, added four common word combinations, and updated one context sentence translation.

義務 (21) - Updated one context sentence translation.

事件 (21) - Updated one context sentence translation.

済む (21) - Changed the primary meaning to “to be finished”, added “to be done” as an alternative meaning, moved “to come to an end” to the allow list, added “to be over,” “to be over with,” “to be done with,” “to be resolved,” and “to be settled” to the allow list, added “to wrap up” and “to be wrapped up” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation, added eight common word combinations, and updated two context sentence translations.

経済 (21) - Added eighteen common word combinations, and updated three context sentence translations.

済ます (23) - Added “to conclude something,” “to conclude,” “to finish up something,” “to finish something up,” “to finish up,” “to complete,” and “to complete something” to the allow list, added “to handle,” “to handle something,” “to deal with,” “to deal with something,” “to take care of,” “to take care of something,” “to brush off,” “to brush off something,” “to brush something off,” “to make do with,” and “to make do with something” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation, added eleven common word combinations, and added one context sentence translation.

経済的 (23) - Added “frugal” and “thrifty” to the allow list, added “economy” and “economics” to the warning list, updated the reading explanation, added thirteen common word combinations, added one context sentence translation, and updated two context sentence translations.

有職 (23) - Updated one context sentence translation.

効率 (25) - Updated the meaning explanation, added fifteen common word combinations, and added one context sentence translation.

効果 (25) - Added “result” to the warning list, added four common word combinations, and updated three context sentence translations.

効果的 (27) - Updated the meaning explanation, added four common word combinations, and updated three context sentence translations.

盗む (30) - Added “to plagiarize,” “to crib,” “to loot,” “to plunder,” “to shoplift,” “to make off with,” “to pilfer,” “to thieve,” “to pirate,” “to swipe,” “to take,” “to lift,” and “to pinch” to the warning list, updated the reading explanation, added four common word combinations, and updated one context sentence translation.

盗品 (30) - Added “stolen article” and “stolen item” to the allow list, added “spoils” and “loot” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, added four common word combinations, and updated two context sentence translations.

盗撮 (30) - Added “photographing secretly,” “photographing in secret,” “photograph secretly,” “photograph in secret,” “filming secretly,” “filming in secret,” “film secretly,” “film in secret,” “secretly taking pictures,” “taking pictures secretly,” “secretly taking a picture,” “taking a picture secretly,” “secretly taking photos,” “taking photos secretly,” “secretly taking a photo,” “taking a photo secretly,” “secretly taking video,” “taking video secretly,” “secretly taking a video,” “taking a video secretly,” “secretly taking videos,” “taking videos secretly,” “non-consensual photography,” “non-consensual filming,” “peeping photos,” “peeping videos,” “covert filming,” “covert photography,” “voyeur photography,” “voyeur filming,” “voyeuristic photography,” and “voyeuristic filming” to the allow list, added “illegal filming,” “illegal photography,” “illicit filming,” “illicit photography,” “filming illegally,” “photographing illegally,” “filming illicitly,” and “photographing illicitly” to the warning list, added ten common word combinations, and updated four context sentence translations.

救う (31) - Added “to save” as an alternative meaning, added “to help,” “to relieve,” “to redeem,” “to deliver,” and “to bring to salvation” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation, added five common word combinations, and updated two context sentence translations.

結婚する (32) - Updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation, added four common word combinations, and added three context sentence translations.

刻む (34) - Added one context sentence translation.

蒸し返す (35) - Moved “to drag up” to the allow list, added “to re-steam,” “to relitigate,” and “to dredge up” to the allow list, added “to reopen” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation, added four common word combinations, updated one context sentence translation, and added two context sentence translations.

盗聴 (37) - Added “listening in” as an alternative meaning, added “telephone tapping,” “telephone tap,” “phone tapping,” “phone tap,” and “audio surveillance” to the allow list, added “intercept,” “interception,” “intercepting,” and “surveillance” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, added eleven common word combinations, and added three context sentence translations.

聴く (37) - Moved “to hear” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation, added four common word combinations, and added two context sentence translations.

慎重 (39) - Added one context sentence translation.

(42) - Added こう to the warning list, added “cord” as an alternative meaning, moved “sumo champion’s belt” to the allow list, added “sumo wrestler’s belt,” “sumo belt,” “line,” “hawser,” and “cable” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, updated two common word combinations, and updated two context sentence translations.

(42) - Added もう and ぼう to the warning list, added “mesh” as an alternative meaning, moved “web” to the allow list, added “network,” “webbing,” “grate,” “grid,” “wire grate,” “wire grid,” “metal grate,” “metal grid,” “screen,” and “halftone” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation, added seventeen common word combinations, and added three context sentence translations.

綱引き (42) - Added “tug o’ war” and “tug-a-war” to the allow list, updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation, added three common word combinations, and added three context sentence translations.

交通網 (42) - Updated the meaning explanation, added eleven common word combinations, and added three context sentence translations.

横綱 (42) - Added “highest rank in sumo” as an alternative meaning, added “grand champion sumo wrestler,” “grand sumo champion,” “highest sumo rank,” “highest sumo wrestling rank,” “highest rank in sumo wrestling,” “highest ranking sumo wrestler,” and “top ranking sumo wrestler” to the allow list, added “king,” “giant,” “titan,” “heavyweight champion,” “heavyweight champ,” “grand champion,” “top champion,” “top figure,” and “top” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation and reading explanation, added fifteen common word combinations, and added three context sentence translations.

通信網 (42) - Added “communication network” to the allow list, added thirteen common word combinations, and added three context sentence translations.

網戸 (44) - Added “window screen” as an alternative meaning, added “screen” to the warning list, updated the meaning explanation, added six common word combinations, and added two context sentence translations.

瞬間 (46) - Added one context sentence translation.

隙間 (48) - Added one context sentence translation.

覚悟 (49) - Added one context sentence translation.

凡人 (56) - Added one context sentence translation.

癒す (57) - Added one context sentence translation.

凹む (59) - Added one context sentence translation.

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