After causing a major incident, police officer Daigo Agawa takes his wife and daughter to live in the remote mountain village of Kuge. It seems the perfect place to recover from the ordeal, despite the mysterious disappearance of a previous officer posted there. One day, the body of an old woman is found on the mountain. The Goto family says she was attacked by a bear, but Daigo notices a human bite mark. It soon becomes clear that not all is as it seems in the village.
Japanese study overview
Gannibal is a Japanese drama of 69,940 characters, with 3,903 unique words and 1,144 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,903 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.
- 後藤Gatō×267
- 村village×232
- 言うto say×141
- 恵介Keisuke×131
- 殺すto kill×125
- お前you×109
- 家house×98
- 駐在residence×97
- 供花offering of flowers (at shrine, grave, etc.)×96
- 阿川Akawa×93
- 待つto wait×90
- 僕I×90
- 狩野Kano×75
- 銀さんGinsan×54
- 洋介Hiroyuki×37
- 有希Aisa×36
- 大悟enlightenment×22
- 駐在所police substation×15
- 岡山Okayama (city, prefecture)×14
- 何うhow×9