With the promise of granting any wish, the omnipotent Holy Grail triggered three wars in the past, each too cruel and fierce to leave a victor. In spite of that, the wealthy Einzbern family is confident that the Fourth Holy Grail War will be different; namely, with a vessel of the Holy Grail now in their grasp. Solely for this reason, the much hated "Magus Killer" Kiritsugu Emiya is hired by the Einzberns, with marriage to their only daughter Irisviel as binding contract. Kiritsugu now stands at the center of a cutthroat game of survival, facing off against six other participants, each armed with an ancient familiar, and fueled by unique desires and ideals. Accompanied by his own familiar, Saber, the notorious mercenary soon finds his greatest opponent in Kirei Kotomine, a priest who seeks salvation from the emptiness within himself in pursuit of Kiritsugu. Based on the light novel written by Gen Urobuchi, Fate/Zero depicts the events of the Fourth Holy Grail War—10 years prior to Fate/stay night. Witness a battle royale in which no one is guaranteed to survive. (Source: MAL Rewrite) Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of ~48 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.
Japanese study overview
Fate/Zero is a Japanese anime of 62,493 characters, with 5,213 unique words and 1,520 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 5,213 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×205
- 聖杯chalice (for Holy Communion)×164
- 王king×110
- 貴様you×106
- お前you×81
- 切嗣Kiritsugu×65
- 我がmy×63
- 綺礼Kirei×62
- 余other×60
- 僕I×55
- 思うto think×52
- 今now×50
- 遠坂Ensaka×40
- 時臣Tokiomi×32
- 英霊spirit of the dead (esp. of those killed in war)×27
- 宝具treasured item×25
- 舞弥Maiya×25
- 冬木tree as seen in winter (esp. a barren deciduous tree)×24
- 言峰Kotomine×23
- 現界manifestation (in the physical world)×14