It’s the start of a new semester, and high school junior Kuroki finds himself seated beside the girl everyone whispers about: Mai Chihara. With her gothic fashion, jet-black hair, and intense stare, Chihara is said to be a “landmine” girl or jirai-kei, the hyper-feminine, dark aesthetic often associated with yandere tendencies and unstable personalities. But when Kuroki accidentally draws Chihara’s attention, he discovers she isn’t nearly as unstable as people claim. Beneath the intimidating aura is a surprisingly sweet girl… if a little weird. Hesitantly, Kuroki begins to learn more about Chihara and her strange quirks. Is there more to her than her volatile reputation? Or is all the dark clothing just a red flag in disguise? (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
Japanese study overview
Jirai nan desu ka? Chihara-san is a Japanese manga of 70,427 characters, with 4,753 unique words and 1,264 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,753 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.
- 地原Chihara×631
- 黒木Kuroki×358
- 俺I×234
- 言うto say×113
- 思うto think×110
- 私I×107
- 今日today×101
- 年year×100
- 舞dancing×95
- 話talk×79
- 食べるto eat×75
- 聞くto hear×67
- 岩倉Iwakura×38
- 舞Fuwari×30
- 千夏Kazuna×28
- 日比谷Hihitani×20
- 描きおろしnewly drawn artwork (illustrations, manga, etc.)×16
- 風見weather vane×16
- 林間学校school camp×7
- 純喫茶coffee shop that does not serve alcohol×6