Light Yagami is a genius high school student who is about to learn about life through a book of death. When a bored shinigami, a God of Death, named Ryuk drops a black notepad called a Death Note, Light receives power over life and death with the stroke of a pen. Determined to use this dark gift for the best, Light sets out to rid the world of evil… namely, the people he believes to be evil. Should anyone hold such power? The consequences of Light’s actions will set the world ablaze. (Source: Viz Media)
Japanese study overview
DEATH NOTE is a Japanese anime of 156,824 characters, with 5,758 unique words and 1,296 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 5,758 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×491
- 月Moon×466
- 僕I×444
- 殺すto kill×373
- 言うto say×320
- 海砂sea sand×287
- 今now×209
- 思うto think×200
- 死ぬto die×199
- 竜崎Tatsusaki×194
- 者person×191
- 死神god of death×188
- 火口(volcanic) crater×98
- 高田Kōda×95
- 弥Atsushi×84
- 松田Uirane×77
- 神君great ruler×73
- ＦＢＩFederal Bureau of Investigation×63
- 捜査本部(criminal) investigation headquarters×53
- 心臓麻痺heart failure×49