San and Mayu are two schoolgirls living in Okinawa during the closing months of the Pacific War. Together with their classmates, the two friends are drafted into the war effort as nurses for wounded soldiers. When ordered to die for their country, the remaining members of the group escape only to face the harsh environment of a tropical paradise that has become a hellish battlefield.
Japanese study overview
cocoon: Aru Natsu no Shoujo-tachi Yori is a Japanese anime of 8,526 characters, with 979 unique words and 435 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 979 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×56
- 音sound×25
- 先生Senjō×18
- 蚕silkworm (Bombyx mori)×17
- 息遣いbreathing×15
- 言うto say×14
- 荒いrough×14
- 生徒pupil×12
- 私たちwe×12
- 銃声sound of a gunshot×12
- 飛ぶto fly×10
- 働くto work×10
- 生糸raw silk thread×6
- 虫の声singing of insects (esp. in autumn)×4
- 繭cocoon×9
- 岬cape (on coast)×9
- 思うto think×9
- 敵opponent×9
- 聞くto hear×8
- 先輩senior (at school, work, etc.)×8