The setting is Taisho era Japan. Tanjirou is a kindhearted young boy who lived peacefully with his family as a coal seller. Their normal life changes completely when his family is slaughtered by demons. The only other survivor, Tanjirou's younger sister Nezuko, has become a ferocious demon. In order to return Nezuko to normal and get revenge on the demon that killed their family, the two of them depart on a journey. From a young talent, an adventure tale of blood and swords begins! (Source: Shonen Jump) Notes: - Includes 2 extra chapters. - Nominated to the 24th and 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
Japanese study overview
Kimetsu no Yaiba is a Japanese manga of 303,580 characters, with 13,397 unique words and 2,334 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 13,397 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.
- 鬼ogre×1,277
- 俺I×1,132
- 私I×585
- お前you×566
- 死ぬto die×442
- 人person×424
- 思うto think×363
- 柱pillar×353
- 言うto say×334
- 呼吸breathing×305
- 時time×289
- 斬るto kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.)×281
- 豆子Zushi×203
- 伊之助Inosuke×179
- 頸neck×155
- 上弦first quarter moon×155
- 鬼滅の刃Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (manga, anime)×135
- 壱one×123
- 補assistant ...×120
- 鬼舞Kibu×111