First season of the Monogatari Series, part 1/6. Contains the arcs Hitagi Crab, Mayoi Snail, Suruga Monkey, Nadeko Snake, and Tsubasa Cat from the Bakemonogatari light novels. Thanks to Meme Oshino, Koyomi Araragi, a high school student, is able to remain a human after coming across a female vampire... However, since the incident, Koyomi seems to meet girls who have an apparition-related issue. Hitagi Senjougahara doesn’t weigh anything, Suruga Kanbaru’s right arm becomes like that of a monkey’s, and a young girl, Mayoi, cannot find her way home no matter how many times she tries. Koyomi, a Mr. Nice Guy, ends up helping each and every girl solve her problem with the help of Meme Oshino. (Source: Aniplex)
Japanese study overview
Bakemonogatari is a Japanese anime of 88,826 characters, with 4,699 unique words and 1,271 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,699 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.
- 阿良々木Araragi×1,474
- 戦場ヶ原Senjōgahara×484
- 私I×291
- 羽川Ukawa×284
- 僕I×243
- 忍野Oshino×219
- 神原Kamihara×219
- お前you×207
- 言うto say×204
- 火憐Karen×203
- 月火Monday and Tuesday×194
- 思うto think×180
- 八九寺Hachikuji×129
- 千石Sengoku×87
- 肥田木Koedagi×24
- 撫子Natsuko×19
- 蝸牛snail×15
- 予告編trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)×14
- 障りhindrance×12
- 母の日Mother's Day (2nd Sunday of May)×11