Welcome to the countryside village of Asahigaoka, a quaint town far-removed from the hustle-and-bustle of the big city. You couldn’t imagine a more isolated setting in all of Japan. So when Tokyo-raised elementary school student Hotaru Ichijou transfers to the tiny Asahigaoka Branch School due to her father’s job, she’s in the for the culture shock of her life! Join Hotaru and her new friends, the eccentric Renge, and the mischevious sisters Natsumi and Komari, as they share daily adventures in the idyllic Japanese countryside. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment) Note: Chapter count includes 6 extras.
Japanese study overview
Non Non Biyori is a Japanese manga of 341,061 characters, with 14,266 unique words and 2,011 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.8 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 14,266 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.
- 夏海Kakai×637
- 私I×633
- 姉older sister×425
- 分校branch school×412
- 言うto say×402
- 旭丘Asaoka×385
- 思うto think×335
- 小鞠Komari×333
- 蛍firefly (Luciola cruciata)×316
- 作るto make×286
- 食べるto eat×280
- 中学junior high school×279
- 越谷Koetani×256
- 宮内Kunai×213
- 一穂Ichio×84
- 富士宮Fujinomiya×53
- 定規(measuring) ruler×50
- 楓Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)×39
- 駄菓子penny candy×31
- 田植えrice planting×28