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 249,125 characters, with 6,921 unique words and 1,378 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 6,921 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×1,082
- 打つto hit×959
- 進藤Shintō×846
- 君Mr×637
- お前you×606
- 言うto say×469
- 先生teacher×462
- 私I×449
- 佐為Sai×385
- 対局(playing a) game (of go, shogi, etc.)×362
- 勝つto win×352
- 負けるto lose×351
- 碁go (board game)×341
- 囲碁go (board game)×314
- 伊角Isumi×248
- 和谷Watani×201
- 院生graduate student×180
- 一局one game (of go, shogi, etc.)×166
- 緒方Inokata×128
- 三谷Sangaya×126