In an alternate version of the 1960s, two global superpowers have emerged after a savage war: the Zirnitra Union and the United Kingdom of Arnack. East and West are locked in a fierce race to send the first crewed flight into outer space, leading the Union to develop a secret agenda: the Nosferatu Project, which aims to use vampires as spaceflight test subjects. Similar to humans but feared and reviled, vampires are assumed to make the perfect “guinea pigs” for such a dangerous task. Lev Leps, a Union soldier and aspiring cosmonaut, is tasked with overseeing vampire Irina Luminesk aka N44, who has been chosen for the operation–and he can’t quite detach his feelings from the vampire girl as planned. Faced with pressure and peril, will either of them manage to fly into the cosmos? (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
Japanese study overview
Tsuki to Laika to Nosferatu is a Japanese novel of 851,090 characters, with 21,212 unique words and 2,461 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 21,212 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.
- 彼女she×1,044
- 月Moon×960
- 言うto say×936
- 私I×779
- 共和国republic×706
- 宇宙universe×640
- 思うto think×632
- 人間human being×614
- 連合王国United Kingdom×563
- 血blood×524
- 自分myself×511
- 宇宙飛行士astronaut×507
- 宇宙開発space development×254
- 月面moon's surface×247
- 有人manned×245
- 飛行士pilot×236
- 月面着陸Moon landing×236
- 中将lieutenant general×234
- 運送屋forwarding agency×155
- 候補生cadet×150