Golgo 13 has been called a Japanese counterpart to James Bond, except with a darker character, a much more hardcore attitude towards sex, and a complete lack of morality. Golgo 13 is described as a mystery man of undetermined origin, possibility being at least part Japanese, who takes any assignment for any employer (it has been said he has worked for the CIA and the KGB) as long as the right price is given and will always fulfill his contracts, even if he has two or more opposing contracts at the same time. He is an uncanny sharpshooter, with near 100% accuracy and capable of lethal trick shooting, and regularly uses a customized, scoped M-16 rifle in his assassinations. He also is a heavy smoker of cigars. (Source: Wikipedia)
Japanese study overview
Golgo 13 (TV) is a Japanese anime of 151,041 characters, with 8,526 unique words and 1,571 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 8,526 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.
- 私I×396
- 俺I×272
- 男man×238
- お前you×196
- 奴fellow×189
- 言うto say×162
- 狙撃shooting×128
- 君you×115
- 思うto think×110
- 今now×106
- 女woman×105
- 彼he×104
- 東郷Ougou×82
- 命が惜しければif you value your life×52
- 東洋人Asian person×30
- ＦＢＩFederal Bureau of Investigation×25
- ＳＤＲspecial drawing right×18
- 防弾ガラスbulletproof glass×17
- ３百300×17
- ＣＩＡCentral Intelligence Agency (US)×16