Mononoke is a spin-off of the Bakeneko story arc of Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror. It follows the Medicine Seller as he deals with various spirits or "Mononoke" in feudal Japan. Just like in the Bakeneko story, he combats with a series of tools and his vast knowledge of the supernatural on his side, but can only slay the Mononoke when he uncovers its form (Katachi), the truth behind its appearance (Makoto) and the reason for its unusual behavior (Kotowari). (Source: Wikipedia)
Japanese study overview
Mononoke is a Japanese anime of 33,694 characters, with 2,820 unique words and 1,023 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.4 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,820 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×157
- 怪mystery×87
- 言うto say×60
- 人person×46
- 様Mr×44
- 聞くto hear×38
- お前you×38
- 思うto think×37
- 海sea×36
- 香incense×36
- 出るto leave×35
- 俺I×33
- 薬売りtraveling patent-medicine salesman×32
- 庸tax paid to avoid forced labor (ritsuryō period)×27
- 東大寺Tōdaiji Temple×25
- 蝶Jō×22
- 虚ろ船utsuro-bune×21
- 瑠璃lapis lazuli×17
- 市川Ichika×15
- 節子Kotoko×13