With a two-tone hairstyle and a streak of immaturity, Hikaru Shindou finds an old Go board with a hidden surprise - trapped within the Go Board is Fujiwara-no-Sai, the ghost of an ancient Go master! In the blink of an eye, Sai becomes part of Hikaru's consciousness and soon begins to learn the true essence behind this ancient game of skill and strategy. (Source: Viz Media)
Japanese study overview
Hikaru no Go is a Japanese anime of 279,079 characters, with 7,195 unique words and 1,406 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 7,195 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.
- 打つto hit×1,560
- 音sound×1,110
- 俺I×1,082
- 佐為Sai×901
- 進藤Shintō×847
- 碁石go stone×683
- 君Mr×653
- お前you×606
- 和谷Watani×606
- 先生teacher×479
- 伊角Isumi×477
- 言うto say×468
- 対局(playing a) game (of go, shogi, etc.)×363
- 碁go (board game)×340
- 囲碁go (board game)×314
- 三谷Sangaya×287
- 緒方Inokata×278
- 院生graduate student×245
- 筒井Susui×243
- 越智Echi×214