The beginning of the seventh story arc in the long-running JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series. It’s 1890, in America, the Steel Ball Run — the first horse racing championship across the North American continent — was about to begin. Johnny Joestar, once being hailed as a genius jockey, is now paralysed and lost in despair. He finds hope in the mysterious phenomena caused by Gyro Zeppeli, an outlaw aiming to win the race, and determines to participate in the 4,000 miles of grueling adventure. (Source: STEEL BALL RUN: JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Site)
Japanese study overview
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Steel Ball Run is a Japanese anime of 9,291 characters, with 1,229 unique words and 576 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,229 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.
- 俺I×37
- 馬horse×33
- 今now×13
- 鉄球iron ball×12
- 僕I×12
- 走るto run×12
- 出るto leave×11
- 並ぶto line up×11
- 回転rotation×10
- 優勝overall victory×9
- 見えるto be seen×8
- 脚foot×8
- 向かい風headwind×6
- 愛馬favourite horse×5
- 馬身horse's length×5
- 大陸横断transcontinental×4
- 参加料participation fee×4
- 北米North America×3
- 保安官peace officer×3
- １頭one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.)×3