The God of Light and the Goddess of Darkness have waged a ruthless war across the land of Toyoashihara for generations. But for fifteen-year-old Saya, the war is far away—until the day she discovers that she is the reincarnation of the Water Maiden and a princess of the Children of the Dark. Raised to love the Light and detest the Dark, Saya must come to terms with her heritage even as the Light and Dark both seek to claim her, for she is the only mortal who an awaken the legendary Dragon Sword, the weapon destined to bring an end to he war. Can Saya make the choice between the Light and Dark, or is she doomed—like all the Water Maidens who came before her...? (Source: Haikasoru)
Japanese study overview
Sorairo Magatama is a Japanese novel of 207,675 characters, with 10,232 unique words and 1,686 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 10,232 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.
- 狭いnarrow×965
- 狭narrow×758
- 王king×699
- 稚羽矢Chihaya×652
- 言うto say×601
- 思うto think×235
- 剣sword (esp. a large, double-edged one)×229
- 照日Teruka×225
- 鳥bird×221
- 声voice×216
- 輝Aki×214
- 月代top part of the head that is shaved from the forehead to the crown (on chonmage hair styling)×205
- 彦boy×204
- 御子Son of God×138
- 開都Kaito×128
- 科戸Shinato×124
- 奈津女Natsume×112
- 王emperor×79
- 采女maid-in-waiting (ritsuryō system)×69
- 伊吹Itsuki×58