September 10, 2020

September 03, 2020 - Patch Notes

Hey all,

We're still working away at performance improvements across the site which you can expect to see soon. In the meantime we have some content updates for you.

Content

Typos / content fixes

  • Fixed highlighting on a Key Phrase in the "Vていた:Past progressive tense" lesson.
  • Fixed incorrect furigana on 5分 for the kunyomi example in the 円 kanji flashcard.
  • Fixed definition of 乾く also showing "かわく" on the kanji flashcard.
  • Fixed a sentence that had 買う translated as "to eat" instead of "to buy" in "Vている:Present progressive tense" lesson.
  • Changed いく conjugation to use kanji, 行く, in "Vた:Plain past tense", "Vている:Present progressive tense", and "Vて:て-form"
  • Fixed a missing literal in 複雑で難しいです。 sentence in "て-form of na-adjectives" lesson.
  • Changed wording on an explanation in "Forming adverbs from adjectives" lesson to be more clear and accurate.
  • Set definitions on two words to be the proper text color in "て-form of i-adjectives" lesson.
  • Fixed an extra word in a literal in the sentence 子供はうるさくて嫌い。 in "て-form of i-adjectives" lesson.
  • Fixed a literal in なんか趣味欲しいなぁ。 "A conversation between friends." dialogue.
  • Removed incorrect onyomi example on 箱 kanji flashcard
  • Added a missing onyomi example word on 緒 kanji flashcard.
  • Fixed missing highlighting on パン買ってくる。 vocab flashcard.
  • Changed the ordering of 重いです。 and 重いですか? sentences in "Vています(か)" to make more sense with the order of the sentences that precede them.
  • Changed definition of 皆勤賞 on the 皆 kanji flashcard to be "perfect attendance award instead of "award perfect attendance"
  • Fixed a typo in an English explanation in "How to order food" lesson.
  • Fixed furigana and translation on the onyomi example of 後 kanji flashcard
  • Fixed missing furigana for 1トン on 等 kanji flashcard
  • Added a translation for 嬉 kanji flashcard's onyomi example sentence
  • Added missing furigana on 歴 kanji flashcard's onyomi example sentence.
  • Fixed spacing of the furigana on 遊園地 in the example sentence of 遊 kanji flashcard.
  • Updated the onyomi example sentence on 論 kanji flashcard.

New explanations

  • Added a missing Lesson Summary on Unit 133, in the "Using ではない and ではありません" lesson.

Audio

  • Fixed missing audio on 難しいです!リスニングが全然できません。 lesson flashcard.

Misc

  • Changed picture for 己 kanji flashcard

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