Honda Shigeharu is a Major League batter on the rise. His son Goro is a Little League pitcher who one day hopes to follow in his father's footsteps. Hoshino Momoko is Goro's schoolteacher, and the first woman Shigeharu has been interested in since the death of Goro's mother. The destines of these three individuals will become intertwined as father and son experience both heartbreak and triumph on the baseball diamond. But when an unspeakable tragedy visits the family, it will take everything they have to pick up the pieces and reclaim their dreams. (Source: Anime News Network)
Japanese study overview
Major S1 is a Japanese anime of 114,740 characters, with 5,033 unique words and 1,160 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 5,033 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×335
- 本田Honta×304
- 吾郎Arou×249
- 野球baseball×230
- 言うto say×167
- お前you×163
- 打つto hit×160
- 僕I×147
- 球ball×123
- 試合match×123
- 投げるto throw×120
- 小森Komori×114
- 沢村Sawamura×76
- 茂野Shigeno×73
- 吾I×65
- 郎君young man×64
- 三振strikeout×43
- 三船Mifune×37
- 清水Isao×34
- 打席batter's box×26