After moving into the quiet town of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi spends his days blissfully in school often playing games with his local friends. However, appearances can be deceiving. One fateful day, Keiichi stumbles upon news of a murder that had occurred in Hinamizawa. From this point on, horrific events unfold in front of Keiichi, as he soon learns his close friends may not be all that they seem. Based on the amateur mystery game by 07th Expansion, the story is told in a series of different scenarios.
Japanese study overview
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is a Japanese anime of 109,957 characters, with 5,336 unique words and 1,394 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 5,336 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.
- 私I×391
- 君Mr×294
- 沙都子Satsuko×251
- 悟史Satoshi×226
- 圭一Kiyokazu×206
- 思うto think×176
- 俺I×173
- 魅音Mion×173
- 詩音Utane×156
- 圭Akira×149
- 梨花Nashika×133
- 言うto say×120
- 雛見沢Hinamizawa×112
- 前原Maihara×96
- 園崎Sonosaki×95
- 大石Oishi×70
- 祭具equipment used in a ritual×32
- 御三家three branches of the Tokugawa family (Owari, Kii and Mito)×19
- 怪死mysterious death×18
- 鬼ばばhag×16