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 52,605 characters, with 3,253 unique words and 989 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,253 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×213
- 俺I×169
- 雫drop (e.g. of water)×158
- 言うto say×121
- お前you×90
- 夏目Natame×85
- 吉田Kichida×79
- 思うto think×79
- 好きliking×62
- 水谷Suitani×57
- 人person×54
- 今now×49
- 大島large island×26
- 名古屋Tanagoya×16
- 初日の出first sunrise of the year×12
- ガリ勉person who studies very hard (at school)×8
- 冬期winter×7
- 佐々原Sasahara×6
- 満善Mitsuyoshi×6
- 隆也Takanari×5