Two brothers looked to the starry skies as children and made a promise ... Now, in the year 2025, the younger brother, Hibito, is carrying his out. He is an astronaut who has been selected as a crew member for mankind’s first long-term base on the moon. Meanwhile, the older brother, Mutta, has just been fired from his job and is unemployed, but decides to trust himself just one last time. A text message from Hibito sends him applying to be an astronaut too and shooting for the stars … (Source: Kodansha USA) Notes: - Nominated for the 2nd and 3rd Manga Taisho Award - Won the 56th Shogakukan Manga Award - Won the 35th Kodansha Manga Award in the General Category.
Japanese study overview
Uchuu Kyoudai is a Japanese manga of 673,046 characters, with 19,055 unique words and 2,086 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 19,055 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×1,251
- 宇宙universe×977
- 私I×814
- 言うto say×776
- 思うto think×729
- 兄弟brothers and sisters×687
- 今now×666
- 宇宙飛行士astronaut×585
- 月Moon×517
- 君Mr×465
- 南波Nanami×451
- 君you×426
- 月面moon's surface×400
- 六太Rokuta×361
- 飛行士pilot×210
- 天文台astronomical observatory×152
- 伊東Itō×128
- 宇宙服space suit×112
- 室長section chief×95
- 新田new rice field×84