The story follows a boy named Muoru who has been falsely arrested and sent to a cemetery to perform forced labor. There, he calls himself the "grave keeper" and meets a beautiful girl named Meria. Muoru becomes fascinated with Meria as he spends his days digging a hole containing the undead monster named "The Dark."
Japanese study overview
Sugar Dark: Umerareta Yami to Shoujo is a Japanese novel of 112,623 characters, with 7,090 unique words and 1,809 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 7,090 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.
- 彼女she×325
- 少年boy×269
- 彼he×256
- 自分myself×222
- 言うto say×188
- 思うto think×141
- 怪物monster×131
- 中inside×124
- 人間human being×96
- 顔face×86
- 出来るto be able to do×84
- 今now×82
- 墓守りgrave maintenance×55
- 霊園(garden) cemetery×33
- 馬小屋stable×27
- 警務官military police×23
- 穴掘りexcavation×15
- 収容所housing facility×12
- 墓掘りgravedigger×12
- 目蓋eyelid×12