Chibi Maruko chan is the nickname of a sweetly obnoxious 9-year-old girl. She tricks her grandfather, ponders for hours over how to spend her allowance, and hates sitting next to ugly boys. She talks, feels and lives just as real kids do. As the second term commences, Maruko and her classmates return to their small groups. Maruko’s group includes two naughty boys and Maruko is forced to be one of their subordinates. She seems to face a lot of pressure at school. As the school’s athletic meet approaches, all the classmates are busy exercising. Maruko is no exception, although her laziness means that she is late sometimes. Maruko realizes that the two boys rival each other in everything they do, and that their friendship is deep and strong. (Source: AnimeNfo)
Japanese study overview
Chibi Maruko-chan Movie (1990) is a Japanese anime of 18,673 characters, with 1,707 unique words and 645 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,707 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.
- まる子Maruko×127
- 大野large field×111
- 君Mr×98
- 杉山Sukiyama×87
- 丸尾Maruo×44
- 児童children×43
- 私I×42
- ２人two persons×32
- 僕I×30
- 俺I×26
- 言うto say×25
- お姉ちゃんolder sister×25
- 花輪wreath×20
- 愛咲Aisa×17
- 白組white team×13
- 関口Sekikuchi×13
- 民謡folk song×11
- 学級委員class representative×8
- 合唱コンクールchoral competition×8
- 古時計antique clock×8