Nearly twenty years into the 21st century, people have forgotten the existence of Yokai. When a number of unexplainable phenomena plague adults of the human world with confusion and chaos, thirteen-year-old Mana writes a letter to the Yokai Post in search of answers, only to be greeted by Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro... (Source: Crunchyroll)
Japanese study overview
Gegege no Kitarou (2018) is a Japanese anime of 221,711 characters, with 8,450 unique words and 1,561 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 8,450 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.
- 鬼太郎Onitarō×2,216
- 目玉Medama×1,112
- 娘daughter×811
- 男man×764
- 妖怪ghost×752
- お前you×349
- 俺I×331
- 人間human being×323
- 音sound×293
- 砂sand×288
- 僕I×283
- 一反one-tenth hectare×267
- 婆old woman×220
- 子泣き爺Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)×151
- 横丁bystreet×106
- ろくろ首rokurokubi×91
- 呼子Yobiko×71
- 杏子apricot (Prunus armeniaca)×63
- 鷲尾Washio×52
- 邦夫Kunio×47