This is the story of Youhei Oohira, a third year college student living alone in Tokyo. One summer, he returns to Himegima island for his teaching practice. On the ferry to the island he runs into his childhood friend, Nagisa Shinohara, who gets agitated by the fact that he didn't recognize her. While on the island, Youhei meets other characters, mainly girls, where this story of love and friendship begins.
Japanese study overview
Okaeri! ~Yuunagi-iro no Koi Monogatari~ is a Japanese visual novel of 376,812 characters, with 11,045 unique words and 1,661 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 11,045 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.
- 先生teacher×1,498
- 事thing×1,331
- 言うto say×989
- 澪Mio×737
- 渚Sho×722
- 亜紀Aki×681
- 島island×664
- 私I×638
- 波美Nami×552
- 思うto think×526
- 緑Gurin×439
- 光Akari×409
- 姫神Himeka×397
- 洋平Yōhei×297
- 摩耶Maaya×205
- 三島Santō×185
- 黒眼鏡sunglasses×54
- 改革派reformist×49
- 教育実習teaching practice×48
- 神事Shinto ritual×46