In a world inhabited by crystalline lifeforms called The Lustrous, every unique gem must fight for their way of life against the threat of lunarians who would turn them into decorations. Phosphophyllite, the most fragile and brittle of gems, longs to join the battle. When Phos is instead assigned to complete a natural history of their world, it sounds like a dull and pointless task. But this new job brings Phos into contact with Cinnabar, a gem forced to live in isolation. Can Phos’s seemingly mundane assignment lead both Phos and Cinnabar to the fulfillment they desire? (Source: Kodansha USA) Note: Nominated for the 8th Manga Taisho in 2015.
Japanese study overview
Houseki no Kuni is a Japanese manga of 137,191 characters, with 8,026 unique words and 1,620 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.8 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 8,026 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.
- 僕I×291
- 先生teacher×260
- 話talk×222
- 第prefix for forming ordinal numbers×187
- 月人Getsujin×186
- 言うto say×163
- 私I×158
- 君you×151
- 月Moon×149
- 一one×149
- 硬度hardness×147
- 宝石gem×140
- 金剛Kongou×110
- 市川Ichika×80
- 春子Chunzu×51
- 流氷drift ice×26
- 七半750cc motorcycle×24
- 文京区Bunkyō City×22
- 博物誌natural history×20
- 合金alloy×19