I was on a roll last week trying to find simple small issues that I could close. Please note the small fixes described below went live last Wednesday (April 12, 2023).

Since the updates to the RTK Editions data sources I wrote about in March it was easier to fix keywords and update the database, so I finally addressed these keyword related issues:

• Most importantly the infamous town and village keywords have finally been swapped - as per the RTK1 6th edition errata (3rd printing) : #96 町 is now town and #221 村 is now village. Thanks to Peyton for bringing this up again. Peyton also kindly located the RTK1 erratas PDFs here (it seems that Nanzan university no longer hosts the RTK related articles or sample PDFs). So if you have a 1st/2nd edition printing you may want to check the PDF and annotate your book.

• Fixed spelling : #2427 狸 is now raccoon dog (not "racoon dog"). Issue #145

• Use the more common spelling : #294 鎮 is now tranquilize (not "tranquillize"). Issue #176 by BigPeteB

Also fixed a sorting issue in the My Stories table. Issue 284 - thanks Peyton for the initial report.

If there are still open issues related to keywords I have missed please let me know!

I'm not sure why it took so long to act on the 6th edition errata. /blush Oh well the fixes are in.

Editing Keywords

Added a small note on the RTK Edition form :

Keywords are always from the last edition! This ensures everyone shares stories based on the same keywords. In particular please note with the 6th Edition errata Dr. Heisig swapped the keywords for "town" (now 町) and "village" (now 村).

So this is what's intended in case you were wondering. For the purpose of sharing kanji mnemonics it makes no sense to handle "old edition keywords".

Remember that you can edit keywords! It's not super obvious but you can click the keyword on the study page. You can also view & edit multiple keywords at once in the Manage > Edit keywords page.

Fourth printing?

There is also an odd change reported by FranticRain here - where 昧 "obscure" and 末 "extremity" are swapped. I've looked at the erratas for 1st,2nd and 3rd printings (pdfs here) and I do not see this change. Was there a 4th printing? Did they put out an errata for it?

Either way it is such a small change I've decided to let it be for now. Any additional input is welcome in 末 and 昧 order swapped for 6th Edition #308.

If you read thus far maybe you'll enjoy Little Fluffy Clouds by The Orb!