Continuing from the first series, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai begins to shed some light on the dark mysteries prevalent in the preceding season. The young group of friends in the town of Hinamizawa continue to enter terrible conflicts with one another in their never ending summer of 1983, often ending with the brutal murder of one of their numbers. Furude Rika, with the help of her spiritual friend Hanyuu, tackles challenges over and over, trying her best to keep their lives from coming to a tragic end. With no end to the torture in sight, Rika must call upon the bonds of friendship and trust among her friends to discover the true villain of this eternal June.
Japanese study overview
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai is a Japanese anime of 109,295 characters, with 6,036 unique words and 1,422 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 6,036 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.
- 私I×352
- 梨花Nashika×307
- 沙都子Satsuko×292
- 雛見沢Hinamizawa×171
- 言うto say×150
- 鷹野Takano×122
- 思うto think×121
- 圭一Kiyokazu×119
- 人person×101
- 殺すto kill×93
- 聞くto hear×91
- 君Mr×88
- 入江inlet×79
- 魅音Mion×60
- 園崎Sonosaki×54
- 古手Kote×53
- 北条Kitajō×52
- 山狗Japanese wolf (Canis lupus hodophilax, extinct)×33
- 三佐major (JGSDF)×33
- 詩song×18