Sophie, a quiet girl working in a hat shop, finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome but mysterious wizard named Howl. The vain and vengeful Witch of the Waste, jealous of their friendship, puts a spell on Sophie. In a life-changing adventure, Sophie climbs aboard Howl's magnificent flying castle and enters a magical world on a quest to break the spell. (Source: Disney)
Japanese study overview
Howl no Ugoku Shiro is a Japanese anime of 14,637 characters, with 1,401 unique words and 578 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,401 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.
- 私I×63
- 城castle×21
- 待つto wait×19
- 音sound×18
- 呪いcurse×18
- 言うto say×16
- 僕I×15
- 魔女witch×15
- 魔法magic×14
- 人person×12
- 死ぬto die×12
- 魔法使いmagician×11
- 掃除婦cleaning woman×7
- 荒地wasteland×5
- 帽子屋hat shop×4
- 町長town mayor×3
- 心臓heart×11
- 家house×11
- 悪魔devil×11
- 王様king×11