When Light Yagami finds a notebook giving him power over death, will he use it for good—or evil?Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?(Source: Viz Media)
Japanese study overview
DEATH NOTE is a Japanese manga of 569,454 characters, with 16,290 unique words and 2,031 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 16,290 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.
- 事thing×2,312
- 私I×1,126
- 死神god of death×952
- 殺すto kill×946
- 言うto say×875
- 月Moon×844
- 僕I×783
- 人間human being×782
- 思うto think×737
- 者person×658
- 考えるto think (about, of)×655
- 名前name×638
- 高田Kōda×378
- 魅Miiru×347
- 竜崎Tatsusaki×331
- 捜査本部(criminal) investigation headquarters×234
- 火口Hikuchi×227
- 模wooden printing block×209
- 海砂sea sand×183
- 心臓麻痺heart failure×124