Hello everyone! 
From June 11 to July 9, 2025, we’ll be doing another round of additions and movements to WaniKani content 
. Like before, these changes are designed to improve your studying experience. We’ve taken into account factors like how common a word is, how hard it is to learn, and how easily it can be confused with similar items.
These updates include:
- New additions of kanji and vocab
- Level movements to improve scaffolding
- Some items being hidden, especially if they’re overly obscure or better replaced with something more useful
As always, there’s no downtime, and you don’t need to do anything special. Anything you’ve already started learning will stay in your queue as usual—you won’t lose any progress.
You’ll find the full list of changes below. This time, we’ve spread out some related items across three batches. That’s because if we added or moved them all at once, you might suddenly get a bunch of similar items at the same time, depending on your level. By spacing them out, we hope to reduce confusion and help reinforce the right concepts at the right time.
The reasoning for the updates is explained under each batch.
Thanks for continuing to study with us—we’re cheering you on! 
Happy reviewing!
1. Wed, June 11, 2025 (10 items) – Published
New Items
- 対決 (vocab) - we’re adding this vocab to level 8
- 漣斗 (vocab) - we’re adding this vocab to level 60
Level Changes
- Level 8: 決 (vocab) - moving up to level 46
- Level 8: 未決 (vocab) - moving up to level 47
- Level 8: 自決 (vocab) - moving up to level 56
- Level 8: 決める (vocab) - moving up to level 10
- Level 8: 決心 (vocab) - moving up to level 11
- Level 8: 対立 (vocab) - moving up to level 10
- Level 10: 決まる (vocab) - moving up to level 12
- Level 11: 決定する (vocab) - moving down to level 10
Reasoning:
- 決-related items (vocab 対決, 決, 未決, 自決, 決心, 決める, 決まる, 決定する, 対立): We’re replacing advanced vocab like 決, 未決, and 自決 with the simpler 対決 to consolidate the on’yomi reading けつ at level 8. Kun’yomi words like 決める and 決まる are being spaced out, and we’re spacing out decision-related words like 決定, 決定する, and 決心 over a few levels for better scaffolding. We are also moving up 対立 to avoid interference with 対決.
- vocab 漣斗: This helps to reinforce the kanji 漣, which currently has no vocab.
2. Wed, June 18, 2025 (9 items) - Published
New Items
- 北口 (vocab) - we’re adding this vocab to level 3
- 実る (vocab) - we’re adding this vocab to level 20
- 拭 (kanji) - we’re adding this kanji to level 26
- 拭く (vocab) - we’re adding this vocab to level 26
- 錦市場 (vocab) - we’re adding this vocab to level 54
Level Changes
- Level 21: 角/Angle (radical) - moving down to level 5
- Level 21: 解 (kanji) - moving down to level 10
- Level 21: 解決 (vocab) - moving down to level 10
- Level 21: 分解 (vocab) - moving up to level 27
Reasoning:
- vocab 北口: This helps reinforce the きた reading of 北.
- vocab 実る: This introduces new common vocab and teaches the common reading of 実.
- kanji 拭, vocab 拭く: These introduce new and common kanji and vocab.
- vocab 錦市場: This helps teach the kun’yomi reading of 市場 using a real-world place.
- 角 and 解-related items (radical 角/Angle , kanji 解, and vocab 解決, 分解): Moving radical 角/Angle to the same level as the kanji 角, so that it can be a prerequisite of that kanji. This movement also allows the radical 角 to appear before the kanji 解, which is dropping to level 10 to teach the on’yomi reading of 決 closer to its introduction. We’re also switching the primary and alternative meanings of the kanji 解 to focus first on “solve,” so 解決 comes earlier, while 分解 (using the “untie” meaning) is moved up closer to the compounds with the “untie” meaning.
3. Wed, June 25, 2025 (9 items)
New Items
- 北アメリカ (vocab) - we’re adding this vocab to level 4
- 叶 (kanji) - we’re adding this kanji to level 21
- 叶う (vocab) - we’re adding this vocab to level 21
- 実り (vocab) - we’re adding this vocab to level 21
- 針 (vocab) - we’re adding this vocab to level 26
- お手拭き (vocab) - we’re adding this vocab to level 27
Level Changes
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- Level 26: 針医 (vocab) - hiding
Reasoning:
- vocab 北アメリカ: This helps reinforce the きた reading of 北.
- kanji 叶, vocab 叶う: These introduce new and common kanji and vocab.
- vocab 実り: This continues scaffolding from 実る added in an earlier batch.
- vocab 針, 針医: We’re replacing the uncommon 針医 with the more useful 針.
- vocab お手拭き: お手拭き follows earlier additions of 拭く and help build on existing knowledge.
- 解-related items (vocab 正解, 理解): As 解 is moving to level 10, we’re also moving 正解 and 理解 down to group similar vocabulary but at different levels for better scaffolding.
4. Wed, July 2, 2025 (9 items)
New Items
- 解答 (vocab) - we’re adding this vocab to level 12
- 頭部 (vocab) - we’re adding this vocab to level 17
- 叶える (vocab) - we’re adding this vocab to level 23
- 姪 (kanji) - we’re adding this kanji to level 30
- 姪 (vocab) - we’re adding this vocab to level 30
- 拭う (vocab) - we’re adding this vocab to level 33
Level Changes
- Level 23: 解く (vocab) - moving down to level 13
- Level 23: 理解する (vocab) - moving down to level 14
- Level 18: 叩頭 (vocab) - moving up to level 60
Reasoning:
- 解-related items (vocab 解答, 解く, 理解する): Adding 解答 as this is a common word 2 levels higher than 回答 (level 10) to avoid interference. As 解 is moving to level 10, we’re also moving 理解する and 解く down to group similar vocabulary but at different levels for better scaffolding.
- vocab 頭部 and 叩頭: Adding 頭部 for 頭’s とう reading in order to move up the uncommon 叩頭 to level 60.
- vocab 叶える: This continues scaffolding from 叶う added in earlier batches.
- kanji 姪, vocab 姪: These introduce new and common kanji and vocab.
- vocab 拭う: 拭う introduces new reading of the kanji 拭. We’re adding them at different levels from other 拭-items for better scaffolding.
5. Wed, July 9, 2025 (8 items)
New Items
- 一千万 (vocab) - we’re adding this vocab to level 6
- 手拭い (vocab) - we’re adding this vocab to level 34
- 天の川 (vocab) - we’re adding this vocab to level 38
- 双方 (vocab) - we’re adding this vocab to level 42
Level Changes
- Level 2: 一千 (vocab) - moving up to level 6
- Level 21: 解ける (vocab) - moving down to level 15
- Level 23: 了解 (vocab) - moving down to level 15
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- Level 42: 双 (vocab) - hiding
Reasoning:
- vocab 一千万 and 一千: We’re adding the more common 一千万 to move up the less common 一千 to level 6.
- vocab 手拭い: This continues scaffolding from 拭う added in earlier batches.
- vocab 天の川: We didn’t have anything for 天’s あま reading, so we’re adding this.
- vocab 双, 双方: The vocab 双 is obscure yet easy to infer from context with the kanji knowledge, so we’re hiding it and replacing it with the more useful 双方.
- 解-related items (vocab 了解, 解ける): This movements is part of the reorganization of 解 items, spacing out the different readings and compounds.
