Japan's TV Asahi network will premiere a television anime adaptation of Tetsu Adachi's Baka-Kyoudai (Idiotic Siblings) manga under the title Gokyoudai Monogatari (Sibling Stories) on October 10. The original manga has been running on an irregular schedule in Kodansha's Young Magazine since 1999. The story centers on a sister and her twin brother who live carefree lives in Tokyo's lower-class neighborhoods and have heartwarming encounters with the local people. It received an award of excellence at the 7th Cultural Media Arts Festival in 2003. Yuki Matsuoka will voice the sister Onei Jinushi, and Yumiko Kobayashi will play her twin brother Junichirō Jinushi. Sayaka Ohara will play the local restaurant waitress Shizuka.
Japanese study overview
Gokyoudai Monogatari is a Japanese anime of 30,043 characters, with 2,623 unique words and 913 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,623 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.
- 姉弟older sister and younger brother×116
- 今日today×39
- 食べるto eat×25
- 純一郎Junichirō×25
- 王女princess×23
- 人person×21
- 出るto leave×20
- 寝るto sleep (lying down)×19
- 子child×19
- 待つto wait×18
- 私I×18
- 好きliking×18
- 地主Jishuu×17
- 腕立て伏せpush-up (exercise)×16
- 福引きlottery×16
- 年賀状New Year's card×12
- 石田Ishita×8
- 地蔵Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld)×8
- 志津香Shizuka×8
- 小判koban×7