This table lists major changes to the website in chronological order.
2024/03/23 |
- Updated to the latest version of AnimCJK. This fixes the stroke order of 男, which was using the Chinese instead of Japanese order.
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2023/09/10 |
- Quiz setup has new options, including kana-only mode for reading tests.
- Page content area fills the screen when scaled down.
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2023/08/16 |
- Quiz setup only shows options relevant to characters or vocab depending on selection.
- Can choose individual questions on character quiz.
- Vocab quiz shows more information.
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2023/08/05 |
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2023/03/19 |
- Added more lessons to Basic Kanji 500. Thanks to Linda for sending me the kanji list!
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2022/02/11 |
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Added ability to locally save quiz state in your browser.
- When supported by the browser, quiz progress will no longer be lost when you press
refresh or close the browser.
- If you want to start over, you can press the new reset button.
- This requires your browser to support IndexedDB.
- Local storage like IndexedDB may be disabled in private browsing mode, depending on the
browser.
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Fixes to pronunciation, reading frequency, and common word list calculation.
- In particular, words where one of the kana is changed into っ should work much
better.
- Ex. is now correctly listed under ケツ and キョク readings.
- Words with abbreviated forms where connecting kana are dropped will still not be counted toward a particular
reading.
- Ex: Readings will be detected correctly in , but not in the more common
abbreviated form .
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New optional dark theme.
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Compressed furigana.
- When furigana are too wide to fit over the kanji they belong to, they will now use a compressed
font to allow twice as many kana before gaps begin to form between the kanji below, such
as in
- Gaps will still be created around a kanji if there are more than 4 kana above it, such as in
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Improved how brief word definitions are shown.
- The new method will try to show more words from different usages instead of just showing
the first part of the first definition.
- Hopefully this should give a better quick idea of the range of meanings of the word.
- It's always possible to click the word to see the full definition.
- Added kanji tooltips to more pages.
- Updated to latest Japanese dictionary data.
- There are many significant changes in this update, so I wouldn't be surprised if there are problems.
Please let me know if you find bugs!
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2021/12/29 |
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2021/08/01 |
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Added new custom character quiz
option where you can input your own list of characters to practice.
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Added pitch accent information from Wadoku.
This required lots of changes, so please let me know if you see problems!
- Updated to the latest WWJDIC word and kanji data.
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2020/05/08 |
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Added new curricula:
- Merged Jouyou and Kentei curricula since the first levels of Kentei are the same as the grade
levels.
- Fixed radical display.
- Fixed Jinmeiyou kanji list.
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2020/05/05 |
- Major internal reorganization. If you find problems, please report them!
- Cosmetic changes for breakdown display, common words page, vocabulary lists, search etc.
- Searching for several characters now shows results for all of them.
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2020/04/25 |
- Added new 'all of the above' quiz type.
- Compacted readings in quiz question and removed nanori.
- Removed character quiz options for katakana and hiragana.
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2020/04/24 |
- Added ability to choose between 3 types of prompts for character quizzes: meanings, readings, and common
words.
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2020/04/23 |
- Added English meanings to kun and on readings when they match a Japanese word.
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2020/04/11 |
- Update to the home page.
- Added katakana combinations.
- Reorganize "about" content.
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2018/10/05 |
- Added Kanzen Master N3 vocab list.
- Fixed a bug that was causing definitions to be cut off so that only the last gloss in each sense was
visible.
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2018/09/06 |
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2018/03/19 |
- Added the ability to select preferred definition language for vocabulary dictionary pages and
quizzes. Visit the settings page to change it.
- Updated to latest WWJDIC data.
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2017/12/22 |
- Added a new kanji style based on AnimCJK
by François Mizessyn. Visit the new settings page to switch to it.
- Also used the above for main character display in kanji dictionary, when available.
- Fixed an issue with shape recognition.
- Fixed writing and quizzes for multi-character kana sounds.
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2017/08/16 |
- Added tool tips to example words on kanji dictionary pages which show the kanji contained in that
word.
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2017/03/21 |
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2017/02/21 |
- Added stroke length to recognition and made it a bit more sensitive overall. Fixes an issue with よ
allowing the wrong stroke order.
- Tried to make it a little easier to write the circles in P hiragana.
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2016/08/16 |
- Fixed flickering/missing stroke when entering a correct stroke while a hint animation is still
playing.
- Fixed stuck stroke that occurred when the pointer is released outside of the drawing area.
- Fixed page moving around when scroll bars appear after clicking "show answer." Now they always show.
- Quiz help message status is now stored in a cookie with an expiration of 7 days. Now messages won't
keep popping up every time you start writing on a new page.
- Made instructions more noticeable on tutorial pages.
- Made drawing pad buttons larger so they are easier hit when using touch.
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2016/08/04 |
- Made pagination adaptive so that it doesn't wrap on small screens.
- Changed tutorial URLs to use a page value instead of a numeric value.
- Fixed the style of one of the buttons shown when a quiz ends.
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2016/07/25 |
- Added a tutorial with a slow ramp up in complexity to replace the old suggestion of trying to start
by writing 書きましょう on the front page.
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2016/07/24 |
- Fixed writing pad on Chrome-based browsers. Google deprecated an SVG API and I didn't notice. Sorry
about that!
- Updated the website's design using Bootstrap. Aside from visual changes, this makes many pages
responsive to resize, particularly on mobile.
- Added a form that you can use to submit feedback.
- Improved some of the character breakdowns for grades 1-6.
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2015/08/24 |
Several major changes!
- Moved the site to a new host. I'm hoping the performance will be more consistent now, but I wouldn't
be surprised if this causes some hiccups.
- Rewrote a lot of the code to use a modern framework. This has some immediate benefits and should
make future changes easier.
- Nicer URL scheme. Old URLs should mostly auto-convert to new ones for now, but update any bookmarks
you might have made.
- Simplified dictionary search to use a single input box for all types of searches.
- Redesigned the way quizzes are launched and added new options for which kanji you want to try to
write.
- Rearranged or tweaked the design of the content on several pages, particularly the About section and
dictionary search results.
- Fixed the ability to use touch when drawing characters using desktop windows machines that have
touch screens except in Firefox.
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2015/07/25 |
- Added grade info to kanji breakdowns to make it clear when a component is a character that is in
general use on its own.
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2015/07/06 |
- Centred the drawing area to help avoid accidental triggering of a 'swipe in from the left' gesture
on iPhones.
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2015/06/20 |
- Updated word frequency information with a much larger dataset - Japanese subtitles of over 15,000
episodes from over 500 anime series.
- Added frequency information for kanji readings so you can get an idea about which readings are the
most useful.
- Added a new page that lists more common words and is organized by reading so you can find common
example words that use each reading.
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2015/06/09 |
- Added new section to character info and quiz pages that shows common words that contain that
character.
- Fixed a bug that was causing the character info page to show the drawing pad even if no stroke info
was available.
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2015/06/08 |
- Added a new curriculum: An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese by the Japan Times.
- Changed curriculum word listings to show the first English definition for each Japanese word.
- Improved layout of quiz answers.
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2015/05/31 |
- Improved the breakdowns for kanji from Genki and Jōyō grades 1-6 by layering specific tweaks over
the existing Kanji VG component data.
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2015/05/24 |
- Updated to the latest version of Kanji VG stroke data.
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2015/04/25 |
- Improved accuracy of kanji readings by rewriting the algorithm that assigns furigana to specific
kanji.
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2015/03/28 |
- Added search toolbar to word and character pages, and added separate kanji/kana section for easy
copying.
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2015/03/21 |
- Added tree-style kanji component breakdowns in word and character dictionary pages.
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2015/03/15 |
- New dictionary home tab now lets you search for a word without clicking over to the word tab first.
Selected tab is also more obvious.
- Hints now fade away after a moment to make it clear that you still have to try to write that stroke.
They will show again if 3 more mistakes are made.
- Improved home page content.
- Fixed a few HTML bugs
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2014/06/04 |
- Improved pronunciations with better handling of small つ and adjacent unmatched kanji.
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2014/03/12 |
- Improved display on phones and tablets.
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2014/02/03 |
- Added quizzes for past vocabulary that uses new kanji.
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2014/02/02 |
- Improvements to quizzes and word definition formatting.
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2014/01/31 |
- Added vocabulary quizzes to JLPT curriculum.
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2014/01/30 |
- Made some improvements in word search relevancy and speed.
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2014/01/28 |
- Added vocabulary quizzes to Genki curriculum.
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2014/01/23 |
- Quizzes:
- Added Hint button to manually show a hint for the next stroke.
- Added more space between quiz buttons to cut down on accidental taps
- Dictionaries:
- Common word checkbox value is saved
- Romaji conversion is improved for ambiguous characters.
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2014/01/15 |
- Added ability to divide categories with lots of entries into multiple shorter quizzes
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2014/01/09 |
- Tip messages don't repeat, and drawing too many strokes gives better feedback.
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2014/01/02 |
- Word dictionary released.
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2013/12/16 |
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