Tohru Honda is 16 year old orphaned girl who gets invited to live in the house of her classmate, the handsome boy Sohma Yuki, and his cousins, 16 year old Kyo and 27 year old Shigure. However, these young men and parts of the rest of their family (both close and distant) hold a curse; if they are hugged by the opposite gender, they transform into animals of the Chinese Zodiac. Everyday is an adventure for sweet Tohru, as she gets to know everyone in the large family better (especially Yuki and Kyo), in both common and bizarre situations. But, the Sohma Family curse is certainly no laughing matter... it also holds horrible cruelty and heartbreak.
Japanese study overview
Fruits Basket is a Japanese anime of 116,492 characters, with 5,733 unique words and 1,307 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 5,733 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.
- 君Mr×372
- 私I×326
- 由希Yū×292
- 夾Kyō×281
- 君you×274
- 透Kuria×270
- 言うto say×232
- 俺I×198
- 僕I×182
- 思うto think×168
- お前you×126
- 本田Honta×110
- 杞紗Kisa×64
- 十二支12 signs of the Chinese zodiac×63
- 紫呉Shigure×63
- 羽取Hatori×61
- 慊人Akito×60
- 透すto let pass×23
- 物の怪evil spirit×19
- 素子element (esp. component in electronics)×15