The story takes place in a particularly hot summer in the nineties, in a small quiet village called Sotoba. A series of mysterious deaths begin to spread in the village, at the same time when a strange family moves into the long abandoned Kanemasa mansion. Toshio Ozaki, dean of the only hospital in Sotoba, initially suspects an epidemic. But as investigations continue and the deaths begin to pile up, he becomes convinced that they are the work of the undead plaguing the village. A young man named Natsuno Yuuki, who hates living in the village, begins to be pursued and surrounded by death. (Source: Wikipedia)
Japanese study overview
Shiki is a Japanese manga of 154,680 characters, with 9,300 unique words and 1,927 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 9,300 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.
- 村village×384
- 死ぬto die×237
- 尾崎Osaki×219
- 言うto say×189
- 思うto think×185
- 人person×176
- 夏野Kano×163
- 結城Ketsushiro×144
- 起き上がるto rise×140
- 家house×137
- 先生teacher×135
- 敏夫Toshio×129
- 屍鬼vetala×124
- 兼正Kanemasa×94
- 安森Yasumori×92
- 外場Sotoba×85
- 徹Akira×81
- 医院doctor's office×76
- 伝染病contagious disease×40
- 辰巳southeast×36