Seishuu Handa is an up-and-coming calligrapher: young, handsome, talented, and unfortunately, a narcissist to boot. When a veteran labels his award-winning piece as "unoriginal," Seishuu quickly loses his cool with severe repercussions. As punishment, and also in order to aid him in self-reflection, Seishuu's father exiles him to the Goto Islands, far from the comfortable Tokyo lifestyle the temperamental artist is used to. Now thrown into a rural setting, Seishuu must attempt to find new inspiration and develop his own unique art style—that is, if boisterous children (headed by the frisky Naru Kotoishi), fujoshi middle schoolers, and energetic old men stop barging into his house! The newest addition to the intimate and quirky Goto community only wants to get some work done, but the islands are far from the peaceful countryside he signed up for. Thanks to his wacky neighbors who are entirely incapable of minding their own business, the arrogant calligrapher learns so much more than he ever hoped to. (Source: MAL Rewrite)
Japanese study overview
Barakamon is a Japanese anime of 61,053 characters, with 3,846 unique words and 1,077 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,846 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.
- 半田Ikuta×771
- 先生teacher×377
- 美和Haruka×293
- 川藤Kawatō×175
- 俺I×154
- 書くto write×128
- 言うto say×123
- 字character (esp. kanji)×103
- ケン太Kenta×94
- 神崎Kauzaki×91
- お前you×89
- 思うto think×83
- 館長Tatenaga×46
- 耕作cultivation×32
- 巌huge rock×24
- 書道calligraphy (esp. Asian calligraphy based on Chinese characters)×21
- 清明Akira×17
- 習字penmanship×15
- 育江Ikue×15
- 木下Kioroshi×13