Ian, a young man with a fractured family history, travels from Australia to England to America in the hope of realizing his dreams and reuniting with his beloved sister. His story unfolds backwards through the framing narrative of Jim, a reporter driven to capture Ian's experiences in a novel: not simple. A story within a story, a book within a book, a tale about the search for family, for an emotional home. (Source: VIZ Media)
Japanese study overview
not simple is a Japanese manga of 16,325 characters, with 1,453 unique words and 578 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,453 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.
- 会うto meet×58
- 私I×56
- 事thing×53
- 俺I×50
- 云うto say×39
- 思うto think×38
- 姉さんolder sister×38
- 男man×33
- お前you×32
- 聞くto hear×25
- 話talk×24
- 今now×23
- 浮浪者vagrant×7
- 酒代drink money×6
- 家house×23
- 母さんmother×23
- 約束promise×20
- 人person×18
- 所place×17
- 彼he×17