Going home for his grandfather's funeral, thirty-year-old bachelor Daikichi is floored to discover that the old man had an illegitimate child with a younger lover! The rest of his family is equally shocked and embarrassed by this surprise development, and not one of them wants anything to do with the silent little girl, Rin. In a fit of angry spontaneity, Daikichi decides to take her in himself! But will living with this overgrown teenager of man help Rin come out of her shell? And hang on, won't this turn of events spell doom for Daikichi's love life?! (Source: Yen Press)
Japanese study overview
Usagi Drop is a Japanese manga of 168,504 characters, with 7,935 unique words and 1,364 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.8 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 7,935 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.
- 俺I×381
- 言うto say×280
- 思うto think×246
- 時time×175
- 今now×163
- お前you×132
- 人person×130
- 大吉Ooyoshi×127
- 自分myself×115
- 母ちゃんmum×99
- 聞くto hear×98
- 年year×96
- 麗奈Reina×90
- 河地Kawaji×75
- 宇仁田Unita×58
- 正子Shouko×52
- 送料postage×13
- 母子手帳maternal and child health notebook×11
- 加筆improvement (to a piece of writing or painting)×11
- 製本所bookbindery×11