“Sky Castle,” one of the most iconic Korean TV drama series of recent years, is to be remade by TV Asahi in Japan in July, 2024. The Japanese version will center around the high school admission process. This is to better reflect the reality of the Japanese education system, where high school admissions are considered more difficult and involve more parental participation. The shooting of the Japanese version of SKY Castle will feature Nao Matsushita, Fumino Kimura and Koyuki.
Japanese study overview
Sky Castle is a Japanese drama of 70,073 characters, with 3,475 unique words and 1,150 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,475 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×423
- 瑠璃lapis lazuli×248
- 未久Miku×223
- 先生teacher×180
- 言うto say×146
- 九条Kyūjō×135
- 受験taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)×112
- 青葉fresh leaves×112
- 遥人Haruto×102
- 思うto think×80
- 帝都imperial capital×70
- 人person×70
- 紗英Sae×62
- 冴島Saejima×54
- 浅見shallow view×54
- 香織Kaori×45
- 南沢Nanzawa×44
- 医大medical university×28
- 附属being attached (to)×19
- 若菜young greens×19