Word frequency lists built from the Japanese media analysed on Jiten, currently 3,738,191,786 characters across 18,030 titles. There is a global list, one list per media type, and a kanji list, each available as a Yomitan frequency dictionary or a plain CSV.
Type | Yomitan Frequency Dictionary | Download CSV |
|---|---|---|
| Global | ||
| Anime | ||
| Audio | ||
| Drama | ||
| Manga | ||
| Movie | ||
| Non-Fiction | ||
| Novel | ||
| Video Game | ||
| Visual Novel | ||
| Web Novel | ||
| YouTube | ||
| Kanji |
The frequency of words can change dramatically depending on the corpus they come from. For example, a word that's common in novels can be rare in anime and the other way around. Pick the list that matches what you read or watch, or even multiple of them.
Every media type combined into one list. This should be the default frequency dictionary you install, helping you find which words are common in Japanese media as a whole.
Built from the Japanese subtitles of 3,795 anime.
Built from the transcripts of 15 audio works.
Built from the subtitles of 3,084 live-action dramas.
Built from the text of 1,279 manga.
Built from the subtitles of 3,672 films.
Built from the text of 112 non-fiction books.
Built from the text of 3,183 published novels.
Built from the scripts of 335 video games.
Built from the scripts of 2,471 visual novels.
Built from 35 serialized web novels.
Built from the Japanese subtitles of 49 YouTube channels.
Ranks individual kanji rather than words, by how often each character appears across the corpus.
Every title ranked from easiest to hardest.