On the outskirts of Tokyo stands Hachimitsu Private Academy, an all-girls boarding school for elite young women. But as the new school year rolls around, one tradition is going out the window: For the first time in the school's long history, boys are being allowed to enroll. On the first day of school, though, it turns out only five boys have made the cut. Thrilled by this discovery, these young men's adolescent hearts leap with joy at the thought of being surrounded by all those girls, but little do the five boys suspect the shocking fate that awaits them... (Source: Yen Press) Notes: - Includes 1 extra chapter and the epilogue. - Won the Kodansha Manga Award 2013 for best general manga.
Japanese study overview
Prison School is a Japanese manga of 385,392 characters, with 13,444 unique words and 1,954 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.8 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 13,444 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.
- 私I×1,310
- 事thing×908
- 殿Mr.×666
- 言うto say×650
- 生徒会student council×583
- 千代Senshiro×561
- 花flower×513
- 俺I×500
- 会長president (of a society)×487
- 副会長vice president (of a club, organization, etc.)×485
- 裏opposite side×399
- 万里Bari×352
- 小生I×341
- 芽衣子Maiko×320
- みつ子Mitsuko×236
- 杏子Ako×141
- 騎馬戦mock cavalry battle×108
- 三国志Records of the Three Kingdoms (Chinese historical text)×91
- 理事長Hiromi×81
- ＢＬcomics or novels about male homosexuality, targeted at young women×45