Basara is a post-apocalyptic fantasy adventure series and one of the most popular shoujo manga of the 90s in Japan. It is the story of how a young girl becomes "the child of destiny" and finds the strength to free her people and seek revenge for the death of her brother. (Source: Viz Media) Note: Won the Shogakukan Manga Award for the shoujo category in 1992.
Japanese study overview
BASARA is a Japanese manga of 452,325 characters, with 16,730 unique words and 2,102 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 16,730 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.
- 王king×1,297
- 赤red×910
- 朱理Akari×683
- 更紗chintz×625
- 言うto say×566
- 思うto think×564
- 人person×438
- 今now×353
- 浅葱Asagi×319
- 知るto know×312
- 国王king×304
- 出るto leave×303
- 揚羽swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)×276
- 四道Shidō×226
- 蘇芳sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan)×173
- 茶々Chacha×141
- 白虎White Tiger (Taoist god said to rule over the western heavens)×127
- 由美Imi×109
- 朱雀Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens)×101
- 那智Nachi×97