A Bride’s Story tells the tale of a beautiful young bride in nineteenth-century Asia. At the age of twenty, Amir is sent to a neighboring town to be wed. But her surprise at learning her new husband, Karluk, is eight years younger than her is quickly replaced by a deep affection for the boy and his family. Though she hails from just beyond the mountains, Amir’s clan had very different customs, foods, and clothes from what Karluk is used to. As the two of them learn more about each other through their day-to-day lives, the bond of respect and love grows stronger. (Source: Yen Press) Note: Won the Prix Intergénérations ("Intergenerational Award") at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2012 and the 7th Manga Taishou award in 2014.
Japanese study overview
Otoyomegatari is a Japanese manga of 190,129 characters, with 8,501 unique words and 1,590 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 8,501 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.
- 私I×379
- 話talk×373
- 思うto think×356
- 言うto say×312
- 第prefix for forming ordinal numbers×215
- 事thing×202
- 馬horse×182
- 人person×171
- 聞くto hear×141
- 今now×131
- 待つto wait×130
- 話counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.×122
- 乙嫁younger brother's wife×37
- 森薫Morikaoru×34
- 中央アジアCentral Asia×31
- 水車water wheel×18
- お婆様grandmother×17
- 聟husband×16
- 結納金ceremonial engagement money×15
- 篇compilation (of a text)×14