Keisuke is a fifth grader who does not believe in ghosts, UFOs, or even youkai. Lately, he has noticed that Natsume has been coming home late, and one day decides to tail her. When he discovers that Natsume goes to a youkai detective agency, Natsume is forced to involve Keisuke in her activities. (Source: Anime News Network)
Japanese study overview
Youkai Watch: Shadow Side is a Japanese anime of 185,753 characters, with 6,920 unique words and 1,524 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 2.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 6,920 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×574
- 妖怪ghost×555
- 俺I×371
- 僕I×262
- お前you×228
- 出るto leave×222
- 言うto say×216
- 力force×210
- 今now×186
- 空sky×176
- 姫young lady of noble birth×171
- 剣sword (esp. a large, double-edged one)×157
- 亡death×148
- 妖魔ghost×123
- 朱夏Akana×113
- 朱雀Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens)×95
- 不動明王Acala (Wisdom King)×80
- 探偵団detective team×58
- 潔Isao×44
- 幻獣cryptid (unidentified mysterious creature)×44