The story of different individuals that have a certain grudge access the Hell Hotline (Jigoku Tsushin) to enter the name of those they want revenge on. Enma Ai, the hell girl, takes on the revenge for them in exchange for eternity in hell after their death. (Source: Anime News Network) Included chapters: Volume 3 contains the side stories "Karinui" (かりぬい) and "Sakura Uta" (さくらうた). Volume 4 contains a prologue. Volume 6 contains the side story "Ichimokuren" (一目連). Volume 7 contains the side story "Kamifuusen Fuwari" (紙風船ふわり). Volume 9 contains the side story "Yukemuri Jigoku, Tabi no Yado" (湯けむり地獄、旅の宿).
Japanese study overview
Jigoku Shoujo is a Japanese manga of 132,117 characters, with 6,809 unique words and 1,294 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 6,809 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.
- 地獄hell realm×694
- 少女girl (usu. between 7 and 17)×265
- 先生teacher×143
- 思うto think×139
- 人person×125
- 年year×111
- 怨みresentment×108
- 知るto know×94
- 通信correspondence×93
- お父さんfather×88
- お母さんmother×86
- 死ぬto die×82
- 拓真Takuma×55
- 名まえname×52
- 千紗Kazusa×41
- 仙太郎Sentarō×39
- 頼子Noriko×25
- 怨むto bear a grudge against×21
- ワラ人形straw doll×20
- 人を呪わば穴二つcurses come home to roost×17