Kagome is a modern Japanese high school girl. Never the type to believe in myths and legends, her world view dramatically changes when, one day, she's pulled out of her own time and into another! There, in Japan's ancient past, Kagome discovers more than a few of those dusty old legends are true, and that her destiny is linked to one legendary creature in particular--the dog-like half-demon called Inuyasha! That same trick of fate also ties them both to the Shikon Jewel, or "Jewel of Four Souls." But demons beware...the smallest shard of the Shikon Jewel can give the user unimaginable power. (Source: Viz Media)
Japanese study overview
Inuyasha is a Japanese manga of 659,449 characters, with 17,347 unique words and 2,320 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 17,347 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.
- 犬夜叉Inuyasha (manga series)×4,677
- 巻volume (of book)×2,260
- 全all×2,026
- 奈落Naraka×1,661
- 魂soul×1,256
- 牙tusk×1,189
- 四four×1,137
- 発売中on sale×1,059
- 桔梗Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)×1,014
- 大large×983
- 妖怪ghost×946
- 夜叉yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)×941
- 琥珀Ko×645
- 殺生丸Sesshomaru (character in the anime Inuyasha)×624
- 珊瑚Sango×526
- 法師Buddhist priest×374
- 高橋留美子Takahashi Rumiko (1957.10.10-)×358
- 妖気ominous atmosphere×242
- 短編集collection of short stories×203
- 風穴air hole×202