Tohru Honda thought her life was headed for misfortune when a family tragedy left her living in a tent. When her small home is discovered by the mysterious Soma clan, she suddenly finds herself living with Yuki, Kyo, and Shigure Soma. But she quickly learns their family has a bizarre secret of their own: when hugged by the opposite sex, they turn into the animals of the Zodiac! (Source: Crunchyroll)
Japanese study overview
Fruits Basket: 1st Season is a Japanese anime of 118,790 characters, with 5,498 unique words and 1,275 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 5,498 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.
- 私I×326
- 夾Kyō×296
- 由希Yū×233
- 俺I×201
- 言うto say×200
- 思うto think×177
- お前you×149
- 僕I×148
- 透Kuria×143
- 本田Honta×140
- 人person×126
- 帰るto return×112
- 透くto be transparent×106
- 紫呉Shigure×64
- 杞紗Kisa×64
- 慊人Akito×56
- 楽羅Kagura×51
- 十二支12 signs of the Chinese zodiac×43
- 師範instructor (esp. of martial or traditional arts)×9
- 毒電波radio waves, as sent out and received by people's minds×7