Dr. Kenzo Tenma is a renowned Japanese brain surgeon working at a leading hospital in Germany. One night, Dr. Tenma risks his reputation and career to save the life of a critically wounded young boy over that of the town mayor who had been planning to support the hospital financially. A string of mysterious murders begin to occur soon after the operation, and Dr. Tenma emerges as the primary suspect despite no incriminating evidence. A doctor is taught to believe that all life is equal; however, when another series of murders occur in the surgeon's vicinity, Dr. Tenma's beliefs are shaken as his actions that night are shown to have much broader consequences than he could have imagined. Leaving behind his life as a surgeon he embarks on a journey across the country to unravel the mystery of the boy he saved.
Japanese study overview
MONSTER is a Japanese anime of 268,928 characters, with 9,322 unique words and 1,615 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 9,322 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×1,120
- 言うto say×452
- 彼he×433
- 君you×367
- 俺I×354
- 僕I×343
- 男man×279
- 知るto know×279
- 思うto think×276
- 今now×266
- 殺すto kill×246
- 聞くto hear×231
- 秘密警察secret police×51
- 東ドイツEast Germany (1949-1990)×43
- トルコ人Turk×28
- 連邦federation (of states)×27
- 朗読会recital×21
- 東洋人Asian person×20
- 山荘mountain villa×16
- 貸金庫safe-deposit box×16