Kitarou, a ghost, spends his afterlife helping humans in need of his skills. He thwarts the plans of evil spirits who live to torment humanity. This time, Kitarou's friend Megumi is in need of his help. Her father, a botanist, went to Baruru Island to study the plant life there, and was subsequently kidnapped by evil spirits. It's up to Kitarou to save him. (Source: Animenfo)
Japanese study overview
Gegege no Kitarou (1996) is a Japanese anime of 640,282 characters, with 14,267 unique words and 1,654 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 14,267 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×2,628
- 妖怪ghost×1,351
- お前you×668
- 父さんfather×660
- 俺I×604
- 私I×534
- 言うto say×496
- 人間human being×460
- 待つto wait×445
- 僕I×304
- 様Mr×296
- 助けるto save×273
- 妖気ominous atmosphere×169
- 一反one-tenth hectare×167
- 目玉Medama×133
- 妖力spirit power×128
- 河童kappa×64
- 入道entering the priesthood×61
- 目目連mokumokuren×53
- 子なき爺Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)×46