Akira Tachibana. 17 years old, high school junior. Akira, awkward when it comes to expressing her feelings, finds herself secretly falling for the manager of the family restaurant where she works, one Masami Kondo, age 45. The curtain rises on the small love story that begins to unfold between Akira, stuck standing on the crossroads of adolescence, and Kondo, at the turning point of his own life… (Source: Kodansha USA) Notes: - Includes the epilogue. - The publishing rights of the manga got acquired by Shueisha on 2025, and the first volume of its Shinsouban got published on April 17th, 2025.
Japanese study overview
Koi wa Ameagari no You ni is a Japanese manga of 67,487 characters, with 4,829 unique words and 1,122 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,829 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.
- 橘tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)×178
- 恋(romantic) love×151
- 店長shop manager×147
- 俺I×109
- 雨上がりafter the rain×90
- 思うto think×79
- 今日today×75
- 吉澤Kichizawa×72
- 雨rain×71
- 好きliking×70
- 今now×68
- 言うto say×65
- 勇斗Hayato×41
- 西田Saita×34
- 眉月crescent moon×30
- 小学館Shogakukan (publisher)×26
- 加瀬Kase×21
- 代行業agency×9
- 株式share (in a company)×9
- 下人low-rank person×9