Dragon Ball follows the adventures of Son Goku from his childhood through adulthood as he trains in martial arts and explores the world in search of the seven mystical orbs known as the Dragon Balls, which can summon a wish-granting dragon when gathered. Along his journey, Goku makes several friends and battles a wide variety of villains, many of whom also seek the Dragon Balls for their own desires. Along the way becoming the strongest warrior in the universe. Part II of Dragon Ball is also known as "Dragon Ball Z" in North America. Note: Chapter count includes 519 regular chapters and 1 extra. (Volume 33's "Trunks: The Story").
Japanese study overview
Dragon Ball is a Japanese manga of 647,948 characters, with 13,875 unique words and 1,536 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 13,875 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.
- 悟空Gokuu×849
- 其that×721
- 死ぬto die×515
- 人-ian (e.g. Italian)×508
- 殺すto kill×458
- 気spirit×439
- 選手player (of a sport)×412
- 悟飯Gohan×411
- 孫悟空Sun Wukong (character in the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West)×358
- 戦うto make war (on)×347
- 強いstrong×344
- 超super-×343
- 天下一unique thing×173
- 生きかえるto revive×171
- 老師old master×161
- 人造人間android×153
- 天津飯crab omelet on rice×139
- 一次first×121
- 神龍Shen Long (spiritual dragon in Chinese mythology)×106
- 筋斗雲Flying Nimbus (magical cloud appearing in the Dragonball manga)×103