Standoffish, reclusive Shizuku Mizutani cares far more about earning stellar grades than cultivating friendships. But her opinions on friendship and relationships begin to change when she meets habitual truant Haru Yoshida, who happens to have a rather fearsome reputation. Like Shizuku, Haru’s reputation has made it difficult to make friends. And yet through their budding friendship and stirrings of attraction the unlikely pair learns to understand one another, the world around them, and the tenor of their own emotions. (Source: Sentai Filmworks)
Japanese study overview
Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun is a Japanese anime of 60,144 characters, with 3,430 unique words and 1,009 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.8 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,430 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.
- 雫drop (e.g. of water)×882
- あさ子Asako×318
- 私I×213
- 俺I×169
- 言うto say×118
- 千thousand×114
- 満善Mitsuyoshi×89
- お前you×88
- 名古屋Tanagoya×85
- 夏目Natame×85
- 吉田Kichida×78
- 思うto think×76
- 水谷Suitani×57
- 隆司Takashi×29
- 下柳Shitayanagi×27
- 大島large island×26
- 京子Atsuko×13
- 初日の出first sunrise of the year×13
- ガリ勉person who studies very hard (at school)×8
- 騒ぎ声noisy voices×7