Welcome to Neo-Tokyo, built on the ashes of a Tokyo annihilated by a blast of unknown origin that triggered World War III. The lives of two streetwise teenage friends, Tetsuo and Kaneda, change forever when paranormal abilities begin to waken in Tetsuo, making him a target for a shadowy agency that will stop at nothing to prevent another catastrophe like the one that leveled Tokyo. At the core of the agency's motivation is a raw, all-consuming fear of an unthinkable, monstrous power known only as Akira. (Source: Kodansha USA)
Japanese study overview
AKIRA is a Japanese manga of 122,370 characters, with 8,109 unique words and 1,664 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 8,109 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.
- 鉄雄Tetsuo×287
- 様Mr×217
- 金田Kanata×212
- 事thing×173
- 俺I×161
- お前you×153
- 号number×135
- 今now×135
- 待つto wait×133
- 力force×128
- 大佐Oosa×122
- 思うto think×112
- 大覚great awakening×64
- 根津Nezu×44
- 山形Yamakata×21
- 小男small man×16
- 中尉first lieutenant×16
- 提督admiral×14
- 全田Zenda×13
- 甲斐Kai×13