Hugh Anthony Disward inherits an old mansion and a personal library from his grandfather. In the basement of the mansion, he meets a mysterious girl, Dalian. She is a Dantalian and a gateway to "Dantalian's bookshelf", which stores the prohibited books of the demons. "Gensho (Illusory Books)", the prohibited books, endanger the balance of the world, but people are fascinated by the taboo. Hugh and Dalian solve the cases involving Gensho with their ability to access the Dantalian bookshelf.
Japanese study overview
Dantalian no Shoka is a Japanese anime of 51,328 characters, with 4,480 unique words and 1,506 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,480 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.
- 書book×177
- 幻phantom×160
- 私I×142
- 本book×113
- お前you×91
- 君you×69
- 人person×58
- 知るto know×54
- 僕I×53
- 言うto say×52
- 貴方you×43
- 持つto hold (in one's hand)×41
- 貌face×34
- 書架bookshelf×28
- 字幕subtitles×24
- 斯くlike this×22
- 听pound (unit of weight)×19
- 翻waste-water container (tea ceremony)×18
- 揚げパンdeep-fried bread (usu. topped with sugar or roasted soybean flour)×18
- 坦Akira×16