Inspired after watching a volleyball ace nicknamed "Little Giant" in action, small-statured Shouyou Hinata revives the volleyball club at his middle school. The newly-formed team even makes it to a tournament; however, their first match turns out to be their last when they are brutally squashed by the "King of the Court," Tobio Kageyama. Hinata vows to surpass Kageyama, and so after graduating from middle school, he joins Karasuno High School's volleyball team—only to find that his sworn rival, Kageyama, is now his teammate. Thanks to his short height, Hinata struggles to find his role on the team, even with his superior jumping power. Surprisingly, Kageyama has his own problems that only Hinata can help with, and learning to work together appears to be the only way for the team to be successful. Based on Haruichi Furudate's popular shounen manga of the same name, Haikyuu!! is an exhilarating and emotional sports comedy following two determined athletes as they attempt to patch a heated rivalry in order to make their high school volleyball team the best in Japan. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Japanese study overview
Haikyuu!! is a Japanese anime of 105,879 characters, with 4,635 unique words and 1,111 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,635 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.
- 俺I×270
- お前you×247
- 影山Kageyama×216
- 日向sunny place×214
- 言うto say×182
- 烏野Uno×179
- 今now×169
- 思うto think×159
- 勝つto win×137
- 試合match×135
- 番number (in a series)×117
- 時time×106
- 旭morning sun×98
- 及川Oikawa×66
- 月島Tsukishima×64
- 青城Aoki×63
- 西谷Nishitani×53
- 工craftsman×51
- 烏crow (Corvus spp.)×49
- 青葉fresh leaves×21