Maison Ikkoku is a romantic comedy series created by Rumiko Takahashi. The story centers around the development of the relationship between Kyoko Otonashi and Yusaku Godai. Kyoko is a recent widow who moves into the apartment house Ikkoku-kan where she becomes the manager. Godai is a wanna-be student ("ronin") struggling with college entrance exams. When they meet, it's love at first sight—for Godai anyway. Along the way, the other tentants, the mysterious Yotsuya, the seemingly alcoholic Ichinose, and the brash Akemi, watch and occasionally take part to make their lives more interesting. To complicate matters further, the wealthy tennis coach Shun Mitaka has his eye on Kyoko, while Godai is pursued by both Nanao Kozue and Ibuki Yagami. Covering a wide range of emotions from hysterically funny to painfully sad, Maison Ikkoku—all 96 episodes—is well worth seeing.
Japanese study overview
Maison Ikkoku is a Japanese anime of 178,009 characters, with 7,266 unique words and 1,475 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 7,266 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 五代Itsushiro×792
- 管理人administrator×546
- 言うto say×308
- 響子Otoko×275
- 私I×246
- 君Mr×235
- 僕I×219
- 惣一郎Souichirō×202
- 事thing×200
- 思うto think×168
- 俺I×150
- 四谷Shitani×142
- 三鷹Mitaka×128
- 音無Otona×107
- 賢太郎Kentarō×87
- 朱美Akebi×78
- 玉子eggs×31
- 葉書postcard×21
- 大学祭university festival×14
- 模擬試験mock exam×11