Neither good nor evil, they are life in its purest form. Vulgar and strange, they have inspired fear in humans since the dawn of time and have, over the ages, come to be known as "mushi." The stories of the Mushi and the people they affect are all linked together by a traveling Mushi-shi, or "Mushi Master," who seeks rare Mushi sightings and uses his shaman-like knowledge of Mushi to help the affected people. What are the Mushi and what do they want? (Source: Funimation)
Japanese study overview
Mushishi is a Japanese anime of 82,075 characters, with 4,970 unique words and 1,284 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,970 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.
- 蟲insect×246
- 俺I×190
- お前you×174
- 私I×147
- 山mountain×120
- 言うto say×107
- 出るto leave×102
- 見えるto be seen×100
- 里village×89
- 聞くto hear×86
- 者person×78
- 戻るto turn back (e.g. half-way)×78
- 蟲師Mushishi (manga series by Yuki Urushibara)×64
- 硯inkstone×35
- 生き神living god×17
- 竹林bamboo thicket×16
- 綺thin twilled silk fabric×14
- 祭主(head) priest×12
- 真火Masoho×11
- 新良Ara×10