Shin Karino is an unpopular manga writer and he is single. He lives in an apartment complex that has a rule forbidding children from living there. One day, Shin Karino's doorbell rings. When he opens his apartment door, he sees a small boy. The boy is 5-year-old Kotaro Sato. Kotaro Sato tells Shin Karino that he moved into the neighborhood. Shin Karino makes a weird face, because of the rule of his apartment complex. Kotaro Sato says that he lives by himself. At first, Shin Karino is annoyed by Kotaro Sato, but residents of the apartment building, including Shin Karino, become attached to Kotaro Sato.
Japanese study overview
Kotarou wa Hitorigurashi is a Japanese drama of 56,612 characters, with 2,738 unique words and 921 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.8 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,738 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.
- 事thing×155
- 狩野Kano×123
- 俺I×120
- お前you×92
- 言うto say×72
- 母上mother×58
- 私I×57
- 思うto think×56
- 今now×55
- 食べるto eat×44
- 人person×43
- 宇田Imota×43
- 佑Suguru×34
- 美月Utsutsuki×32
- 田丸Tamaru×17
- 福野Fukuno×16
- 小夜evening×8
- 誕生日会birthday party×6
- 花輪wreath×6
- 伯父さんuncle×5