Hinamizawa, a small rural village in Japan, circa 1983. The village is known for its annual Watanagashi Festival, which honors the local deity, Oyashiro-sama. The story follows Maebara Keiichi, a teenage boy who has recently moved to Hinamizawa with his family. He quickly becomes friends with a group of local girls: Ryuuguu Rena, Sonozaki Mion, Houjou Satoko, and Furude Rika. On the surface, Hinamizawa is a peaceful, tight-knit community. However, Keiichi soon discovers that the village harbors dark secrets and a history of mysterious disappearances and gruesome murders that occur each year around the time of the Watanagashi Festival. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is the first set of stories, the "Question" arcs, comprising: -Onikakushi -Watanagashi -Tatarigoroshi -Himatsubushi
Japanese study overview
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is a Japanese visual novel of 908,832 characters, with 21,994 unique words and 2,354 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.4 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 21,994 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.
- 俺I×3,769
- 沙都子Satsuko×1,791
- 魅音Mion×1,787
- 言うto say×1,504
- 思うto think×1,298
- 私I×1,223
- 圭一Kiyokazu×1,128
- 梨花Nashika×1,104
- 大石Oishi×741
- 詩音Utane×740
- 自分myself×703
- 聞くto hear×694
- 雛見沢Hinamizawa×620
- 圭Akira×544
- 前原Maihara×506
- 園崎Sonosaki×353
- 祭具equipment used in a ritual×116
- 御三家three branches of the Tokugawa family (Owari, Kii and Mito)×72
- 怪死mysterious death×61
- 当り前natural×44