Sshhh! Princess Syalis is trying to get a good night's sleep. Some shut-eye. Forty winks. Catch some Z's. Long ago in olden times when people and demons lived together in—well, disharmony, really – a demon king kidnaps a human princess and imprisons her in his castle. Bereft, the princess's subjects beat their chests in anguish…until a hero arises to spearhead Project Rescue Our Princess! While waiting for her knight in shining armor, what's an imprisoned princess to do …? Teddy-bear guards with bat wings are all very well, but her dungeon cell is bo-o-o-ring! So, she decides to wile away the long hours by sleeping. Now if only she could get comfortable…and didn't suffer from insomnia… (Source: Viz Media)
Japanese study overview
Maou-jou de Oyasumi is a Japanese manga of 424,251 characters, with 16,795 unique words and 2,095 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 16,795 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.
- 姫young lady of noble birth×3,169
- 魔王Maou×1,945
- 城castle (in place names)×945
- 私I×711
- 様Mr×557
- 魔物demon×534
- 言うto say×513
- 思うto think×474
- 人質hostage×397
- 今now×364
- 第prefix for forming ordinal numbers×354
- 人person×302
- 我輩I×290
- 夜counter for nights×124
- 前号preceding issue (of a magazine, etc.)×120
- 十傑ten best people (in a particular field)×88
- 次号next issue×77
- 魔導書grimoire×56
- 怪鳥mysterious bird×51
- 裸族naked tribe×43