Shinichi Chiaki is a first class musician whose dream is to play among the elites in Europe. Coming from a distinguished family, he is an infamous perfectionist; not only is he highly critical of himself, but of others as well. The only thing stopping Chiaki from leaving for Europe is his fear of flying. As a result, he's grounded in Japan. During his 4th year at Japan's top music university, Chiaki happens to meet Noda Megumi; or as she refers to herself, Nodame. On the surface, she seems to be an unkempt girl with no direction in life. However, when Chiaki hears Nodame play the piano for the first time, he is in awe at the kind of music she plays. To Chiaki's dismay, Nodame moves into the apartment next to his and finds out that she is head over heels in love with him. Nodame Cantabile tells the story of Chiaki and Nodame, as they not only learn to deal with each other, but learn lessons from one another as they strive for the top of the musical world. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Japanese study overview
Nodame Cantabile is a Japanese anime of 83,498 characters, with 4,714 unique words and 1,252 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,714 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.
- 千秋Senshuu×370
- 俺I×251
- 私I×192
- 先輩senior (at school, work, etc.)×190
- 君Mr×155
- 曲composition×121
- お前you×115
- 先生teacher×105
- 僕I×103
- 言うto say×97
- 今日today×92
- 練習practice×84
- 真一Shin'ichi×51
- 巨匠master×37
- 真澄Sanezumi×27
- 転科changing one's academic course×23
- 音楽祭music festival×23
- 彩子Akiko×19
- 黒木unbarked lumber×19
- 清良Kiyoshi×19