Watanuki Kimihiro can see spirits and other assorted supernatural creatures, which is quite a bothersome ability he strongly dislikes. On the way home one day, while plagued by some spirits, he is inexplicably compelled to enter a strange house. There, he encounters Yuuko, a mysterious woman who claims to be able to rid him of the ability to see and attract the troublesome creatures – for a price. She demands for him to work at her "store" that grants wishes to people, and thus begins Watanuki's adventures through weird and wonderful events.
Japanese study overview
xxxHOLiC is a Japanese anime of 85,714 characters, with 4,717 unique words and 1,248 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,717 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.
- 四月一日Watanuki×252
- 言うto say×194
- 俺I×165
- 私I×138
- 侑子Ikuko×136
- 百目鬼Todomeki×134
- 思うto think×105
- お前you×99
- 人person×91
- 今日today×73
- 自分myself×68
- 違うto differ (from)×67
- 管狐kuda-gitsune×17
- 四月Aburiru×14
- 運命の赤い糸red string of fate×12
- 百物語round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)×11
- お中元mid-year gift×11
- 座敷童protective household deity in Tōhoku, appearing as a red-faced child spirit with bobbed hair×10
- 百鬼夜行nightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc.×10
- 九軒Kyūken×9