Yoshiaki Mikami is 55 years old. As his daughter leaves the nest to look for work in the city, he begins to realize his own old age, which makes him think of his late father. Yoshiaki's father, Yoshio, suddenly died all alone 23 years ago. Yoshiaki was living his own life as a contract worker when he was faced with this major ordeal. As Yoshiaki laid his father to rest, all sorts of thoughts bounced around his head. Osamu Yamamoto, a master of human drama, spins a yarn about human mortality and the bonds between parent and child. (Source: Big Comic Original, translated)
Japanese study overview
Chichi wo Yaku is a Japanese manga of 21,258 characters, with 2,473 unique words and 1,075 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,473 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 父father×178
- 義明Gimyou×87
- 私I×65
- 発売sale×64
- ２０日20th day of the month×47
- 母mother×43
- 発売中on sale×38
- 三上Sanjō×36
- 事thing×34
- ５日5th day of the month×30
- 俺I×28
- 集collection×27
- 義雄Giyū×21
- 孤独死dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing)×19
- 赤狩りcommunist witch-hunt×15
- 山本おさむYamamoto Osamu (1954.2-)×15
- 契約社員contract employee×15
- 次号next issue×13
- 小学館Shogakukan (publisher)×11
- 生活保護livelihood protection×11