Set in a future where the solar system is dominated by trade federations who are in constant conflict. In order to escape his restrictive homeland of Japan, and under the recommendation of his military cook friend Pupkin, Akira enlists in a trade federation orbital drop infantry unit. Such infantry are notorious for their 70% casualty rate, and are nicknamed "Yakitori" for their expendability. (Source: Anime News Network, edited)
Japanese study overview
Yakitori is a Japanese anime of 29,639 characters, with 2,973 unique words and 1,054 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.4 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,973 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.
- 商連commerce and industry association×80
- 通知notice×66
- 言うto say×41
- 俺たちwe×40
- 敵opponent×32
- 確認confirmation×31
- 軍army×30
- 俺I×26
- 陣地encampment×26
- 軌道orbit×24
- 何what×23
- 艦隊(naval) fleet×23
- 砲兵artillery×22
- 武官military officer×18
- 氏族clan×17
- 管制control (by the state)×16
- 海兵隊Marine Corps×10
- 友軍friendly army×9
- 調理師licensed chef×9
- 転写transcription (of a text, DNA, RNA, etc.)×8