Kai Ashimoto, a gloomy young middle schooler, lives in Hinashi Town, a lonely fishing village, with his father and his grandfather, a parasol maker. He used to live in Tokyo, but after his parents divorced he moved back to his father's home town. Kai has trouble telling his parents the complicated feelings he has for them, and he's lonely and pessimistic about his school life. One of his joys is uploading songs he writes to the internet. One day, his classmates Kunio and Yuuho invite him to join their band, "SEIREN". As he reluctantly follows them to Merfolk Island, their practice spot, they meet Lu, the mermaid. Lu sings merrily and dances innocently. As Kai begins to spend time with her, he starts to be able to say what it is that he's really thinking. (Source: Wikipedia)
Japanese study overview
Yoake Tsugeru Lu no Uta is a Japanese anime of 17,095 characters, with 1,617 unique words and 646 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 2.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,617 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.
- 遊歩Yūho×159
- 人魚mermaid×107
- 国夫Kunio×103
- 男man×46
- 音sound×40
- 音楽music×38
- 私I×37
- 社長company president×37
- 俺I×33
- 女woman×29
- 町town×27
- 会長president (of a society)×27
- 照夫Akio×23
- 町民townsman×17
- 伊佐木Isaki×13
- 亀田Kameta×11
- 江曽島Esojima×11
- 爺ちゃんgrandfather×9
- 宮司chief priest×9
- 担任教師class teacher×8