In early summer, 2nd year of high school, Koguma's mom suddenly leaves, leaving only a note that says "Bye." She is alone, having no parents, no friends, no hobbies. She silently reflects, "I don't have anything." But a chance encounter results in her buying a Honda Super Cub with a disturbing history, and a new life suddenly blossoms open.
Japanese study overview
Super Cub is a Japanese novel of 912,979 characters, with 22,006 unique words and 2,457 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 22,006 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.
- 小熊Okuma×7,738
- 礼子Akirako×2,729
- 自分myself×1,826
- 椎any beech tree of genus Castanopsis×1,717
- 思うto think×1,656
- 言うto say×1,485
- 時time×1,153
- 乗るto get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.)×1,134
- 走るto run×919
- 事thing×789
- 中inside×698
- 物thing×651
- 慧海Ekai×544
- 桜井Sakurai×442
- 浮谷Ukiya×379
- 竹千代Takechiyo×373
- 山梨Yamanashi (city, prefecture)×257
- 駐輪場parking area for bicycles×256
- 原付motorized two-wheeled vehicle (with a displacement of less than 50cc)×231
- バイク便motorcycle courier mail×196