In 2022, the world of virtual reality was upended by the arrival of a new invention from a genius programmer, Akihiko Kayaba. Called NerveGear, it was the first full-dive system and with it, came endless possibilities to VRMMORPGs. In 2026, a new machine called the Augma is developed to compete against the NerveGear and its successor, the Amusphere. A next-gen wearable device, the Augma doesn't have a full-dive function like its predecessors. Instead, it uses Augmented Reality to get players into the game. It is safe, user-friendly and lets users play while they are conscious, making it an instant hit on the market. The most popular game on the system is “Ordinal Scale” (aka: OS), an ARMMORPG developed exclusively for the Augma. Asuna and the gang have already been playing OS for a while, by the time Kirito decides to join them. They’re about to find out that Ordinal Scale isn’t all fun and games… (Source: Official website)
Japanese study overview
Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale is a Japanese anime of 20,136 characters, with 1,947 unique words and 716 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,947 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×61
- 君Mr×59
- 記憶memory×40
- 俺I×25
- 戦うto make war (on)×21
- 今now×19
- 言うto say×19
- 思うto think×16
- 悠那Haruna×14
- 君you×13
- 明日奈Asuna×12
- 約束promise×11
- ＶＲVR×10
- 茅場Kayaba×6
- 重村Omomura×5
- 菊岡Kikuoka×5
- 晶彦Akihiko×4
- 仮想世界virtual world×4
- 流星群meteor swarm×4
- ボス戦boss battle×3