College graduates struggle to cope with the real world. Music offers refuge in this modern manga with an American attitude. Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. Her boyfriend Shigeo is permanently crashing at her apartment because his job as a freelance illustrator doesn't pay enough for rent. And her parents in the country keep sending her boxes of veggies that just rot in her fridge. Straddling the line between her years as a student and the rest of her life, Meiko struggles with the feeling that she's just not cut out to be a part of the real world. (Source: Viz Media) Notes: - The chapter count contains an epilogue published in October 2017 as part of the new Japanese volumes edition release. - It was nominated for the 2009 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Japan. - It was nominated for the 2009 Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material.
Japanese study overview
Solanin is a Japanese manga of 37,886 characters, with 3,607 unique words and 1,105 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,607 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.
- 種田Oita×147
- 芽衣子Maiko×126
- 俺I×110
- 思うto think×82
- 言うto say×72
- 今now×53
- 今日today×46
- 年year×37
- 時time×36
- お前you×34
- 自分myself×33
- 僕I×33
- 浅野Asano×16
- レコード会社record company×7
- 成男Shigeo×6
- 大橋large bridge×6
- 牛歩snail's pace×5
- 小学館Shogakukan (publisher)×4
- 小社(our) company×4
- 軽音light music×4