The samurai didn't stand a chance. First, the aliens invaded Japan. Next, they took all the jobs. And then they confiscated everyone's swords. So what does a hotheaded former samurai like Sakata "Gin" Gintoki do to make ends meet? Take any odd job that comes his way, even if it means losing his dignity. (Source: Viz Media) Included Bonus Chapters: Volume 1: Dandelion (One-shot). Volume 2: Shirokuro (One-shot). Volume 24: 13 (One-shot). Volume 38: Bankara-san Ga Tooru (One-shot). Volume 41: Special Lesson.
Japanese study overview
Gintama is a Japanese manga of 2,572,174 characters, with 42,783 unique words and 2,855 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.8 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 42,783 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.
- 俺I×5,470
- 事thing×4,171
- 私I×3,767
- お前you×3,688
- 言うto say×3,106
- 思うto think×2,650
- 奴fellow×1,875
- 人person×1,845
- 今now×1,654
- 時time×1,625
- 第prefix for forming ordinal numbers×1,605
- 銀silver (Ag)×1,474
- 神楽Kagura×1,008
- 銀さんGinsan×894
- 新八Shinpachi×788
- 空知Sorachi×739
- 副長deputy head×458
- 土方construction worker×437
- 攘夷expulsion of foreigners×406
- 訓native Japanese reading of a Chinese character×355