The rules of alchemy state that to gain something, one must lose something of equal value. Alchemy is the process of taking apart and reconstructing an object into a different entity, with the rules of alchemy to govern this procedure. However, there exists an object that can bring any alchemist above these rules, the object known as the Philosopher's Stone. The young Edward Elric is a particularly talented alchemist who through an accident years back lost his younger brother Alphonse and one of his legs. Sacrificing one of his arms as well, he used alchemy to bind his brother's soul to a suit of armor. This lead to the beginning of their journey to restore their bodies, in search for the legendary Philosopher's Stone. Note: Episodes 11, 12 and 37 were adapted from the light novel "Fullmetal Alchemist: The Land of Sand."
Japanese study overview
Hagane no Renkinjutsushi is a Japanese anime of 184,354 characters, with 7,210 unique words and 1,486 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 7,210 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.
- 兄さんolder brother×446
- 私I×410
- 俺I×365
- 賢者の石philosopher's stone×311
- お前you×288
- 言うto say×284
- 錬金術師alchemist×240
- 人person×226
- 僕I×212
- 錬成training×205
- 錬金術alchemy×197
- 知るto know×176
- 大総統President (of China; title used 1912-1924)×105
- 等価交換fair exchange×92
- 代価price×83
- 鋼の錬金術師Fullmetal Alchemist (manga by Hiromu Arakawa; media franchise)×74
- 中佐lieutenant colonel×66
- 少尉second lieutenant×41
- 准将commodore×38
- 教主founder of a religious sect×37