Ichigo Kurosaki is a rather normal high school student apart from the fact he has the ability to see ghosts. This ability never impacted his life in a major way until the day he encounters the Shinigami Kuchiki Rukia, who saves him and his family's lives from a Hollow, a corrupt spirit that devours human souls. Wounded during the fight against the Hollow, Rukia chooses the only option available to defeat the monster and passes her Shinigami powers to Ichigo. Now forced to act as a substitute until Rukia recovers, Ichigo hunts down the Hollows that plague his town.
Japanese study overview
BLEACH is a Japanese anime of 1,050,760 characters, with 19,220 unique words and 2,332 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 19,220 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.
- 私I×2,437
- 隊長commanding officer×2,270
- 一護Ichigo×2,132
- 言うto say×2,057
- お前you×1,950
- 死神god of death×1,593
- 力force×1,450
- 霊soul×1,421
- 黒崎Kurosaki×1,260
- 刀sword (esp. Japanese single-edged)×1,231
- 思うto think×1,179
- 今now×1,083
- 魄soul×761
- 朽木Kyūki×629
- 石田Ishita×565
- 藍染indigo dye×499
- 織姫Orion×350
- 瑠璃lapis lazuli×337
- 浦原Urahara×324
- 破面fracture surface×288