Now Out: Essay 1068 on 劾 (impeachment) and 30 Revisions

Happy New Year! The 556th essay has posted! Essay 1068 on 劾 (impeachment) is now available for purchase. Here's a preview:

Find out why, in a study of impeachment, we must largely consider examples outside Japan. (It's not because Japan is beyond reproach!) Investigating 劾 takes us from South Korea to the United States to Nazi-era Germany and France. Much to my proofreader’s surprise, this journey revealed that 弾劾 (the main keyword featuring 劾) can mean not only "impeachment" but also "accusation."

In addition, 30 essay revisions have posted! There are too many to list here, so if you'd like to see what has changed, check out the most recent essays pages. All 30 revisions involved deleting an incorrect statement in the Character Profile (p. 1) about when that kanji is taught in Japan. Grade assignments for kanji periodically change (for instance, all prefecture kanji are now taught in elementary school, whereas that wasn't true before), and it's neither feasible nor sensible to keep altering that information in my essays. After all, most of us don't need to know whether a certain character is taught in 3rd grade, 6th grade, or junior high school. Now that I've eliminated the 30 mistakes of that sort, all of the other essays should have correct information about that issue—for the moment. I will gradually phase out that bit of information whenever I see something else to revise.