Yanagisawa Hiroto, a former professional baseball player was once a star home run hitter for the Dragons, but after losing his wife to a sudden illness received a notice that he was let go from the team. The story unfolds as he decides he can’t let his “home run life” come to an end and tries out for a team. However, instead of joining a professional baseball team, he’s directed to become a “sacrifice bunt man” in an ordinary company, where his role is to create opportunities for others.
Japanese study overview
BUNTMAN is a Japanese drama of 88,119 characters, with 4,095 unique words and 1,154 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,095 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.
- 俺I×228
- 私I×209
- 思うto think×177
- 言うto say×170
- 社長company president×112
- 野球baseball×110
- 打つto hit×103
- 藤堂Toudō×102
- お父さんfather×101
- 柳澤Yagisawa×84
- 人person×84
- 直斗Naoto×80
- 大翔Taishou×76
- 梶間Kajima×76
- 茂上Mogami×55
- 百合亜Yuria×36
- 打席batter's box×33
- 野球選手baseball player×30
- 福利厚生employee welfare×18
- プロ野球professional baseball×18