The beginning of summer, 1966. Because of his father's job situation, freshman high school student Kaoru Nishimi moves by himself from Yokosuka to Kyushu to live with relatives. Until then, Kaoru was an honor roll student who tended to keep to himself, but meeting notorious bad boy Sentaro Kawabuchi starts to change him. Through his devil-may-care classmate, Kaoru learns the attractions of jazz and finds the first person he can call a "friend". He also discovers how much fun it is to play music with a pal. Other characters include Sentaro's kind childhood chum, Ritsuko, who is the daughter of a record shop owner; the mysterious upperclassman, Yurika; and Brother Jun, the much-admired leader among their peers. Set against the backdrop of a seaside town with a scent of American culture, this series is a drama about young people coming into their own, crossing each other's paths, and finding friendship, love, and music! (Source: Official Website)
Japanese study overview
Sakamichi no Apollon is a Japanese anime of 41,301 characters, with 3,012 unique words and 947 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,012 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×173
- 薫Isao×160
- 千太郎Sentarō×109
- 百合香Yurika×105
- 生徒pupil×89
- 律law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code)×89
- 淳一Akiichi×66
- 君Mr×65
- 言うto say×63
- 君you×55
- 何what×55
- お前you×52
- 律子Noriko×44
- 西見Nishimi×40
- 勉Susumu×40
- 淳Aki×39
- 編み物knitting×4
- クリスマス会Christmas party×3
- 発車ベル(train) departure bell×3
- 待つto wait×52