An epic samurai adventure of staggering proportions—over 7000 pages—Lone Wolf and Cub (Kozure Okami in Japan) is acknowledged worldwide for the brilliant writing of series creator Kazuo Koike and the groundbreaking cinematic visuals of the late Goseki Kojima, creating unforgettable imagery of stark beauty, kinetic fury, and visceral thematic power that influenced a generation of visual storytellers both in Japan and in the West. (Source: Dark Horse)
Japanese study overview
Kozure Ookami is a Japanese manga of 329,362 characters, with 16,254 unique words and 2,268 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 16,254 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.
- 柳生Yagiu×734
- 子child×494
- 者person×473
- 申すto say×422
- 御honorific/polite/humble prefix×348
- 子連れtaking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.)×330
- 狼wolf (Canis lupus)×319
- 我らwe×310
- 刺客assassin×254
- 斬るto kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.)×233
- 思うto think×222
- 知るto know×221
- 公儀imperial court×183
- 其that×144
- 大五郎Daigorou×139
- 魔道heresy×106
- 一刀Ittou×99
- 鍬hoe×95
- 廻状circular×91
- 介錯人person who beheads someone to end a seppuku×90