In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi “Immortal” Sugimoto scratches out a meager existence during the postwar gold rush in the wilderness of Hokkaido. When he stumbles across a map to a fortune in hidden Ainu gold, he sets off on a treacherous quest to find it. But Sugimoto is not the only interested party, and everyone who knows about the gold will kill to possess it! Faced with the harsh conditions of the northern wilderness, ruthless criminals and rogue Japanese soldiers, Sugimoto will need all his skills and luck—and the help of an Ainu girl named Asirpa—to survive. (Source: Viz Media) Note: Won the 9th Manga Taisho Award in 2016 and the 22nd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2018. Nominated for the 20th and 21st Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2016.
Japanese study overview
Golden Kamuy is a Japanese manga of 450,292 characters, with 17,174 unique words and 2,395 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 17,174 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 俺I×854
- 杉元Sugimoto×709
- 私I×631
- 殺すto kill×409
- 鶴見Utsumi×392
- お前you×375
- 話counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.×352
- 中尉first lieutenant×348
- 言うto say×343
- 男man×322
- 北海道Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)×310
- 金塊gold nugget×302
- 刺青tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one)×222
- 白石Iraishi×210
- 谷垣Tanikaki×208
- 尾形Okata×181
- 師団(army) division×155
- 月島Tsukishima×155
- 樺太Karafuto (Japanese name for Sakhalin)×148
- 原画original picture×124