Miyanaga Saki, a first-year student at Kiyosumi High School, lacks enthusiasm for mahjong and plays it so that it will end with neither a win nor a loss. One day, she is influenced by Haramura Nodoka’s genius mahjong tactics and decides to join the mahjong club. Nodoka is the titleholder of the national junior high school mahjong tournament. Together with Nodoka and the other club members, Saki contends for the title against formidable opponents.
Japanese study overview
Saki is a Japanese drama of 36,903 characters, with 2,638 unique words and 885 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,638 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 麻雀mahjong×198
- 私I×186
- 全国the whole country×81
- 勝つto win×71
- 部department (in an organization, company, etc.)×59
- 和sum×57
- 阿知賀Achiga×56
- 打つto hit×51
- 憧Ako×49
- 宮永Miyanaka×45
- 部長head (chief, director) of a section or department×42
- 入るto enter×41
- 晩成late completion×40
- プラマイ０no loss or gain×29
- 玄Kurou×26
- 団体戦team competition×23
- 赤土red clay×20
- 原村Haramura×19
- 晴絵Harue×19
- 龍門Ryūmon×18