Japanese Frequency Dictionaries (Yomitan & CSV)

Word frequency lists built from the Japanese media analysed on Jiten, currently 3,071,714,473 characters across 16,019 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.

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Type
Yomitan Frequency Dictionary
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Global
Anime
Audio
Drama
Manga
Movie
Non-Fiction
Novel
Video Game
Visual Novel
Web Novel
Kanji
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What's in each list

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.

Global

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.

Anime

Built from the Japanese subtitles of 3,706 anime.

Audio

Built from the transcripts of 15 audio works.

Drama

Built from the subtitles of 3,023 live-action dramas.

Manga

Built from the text of 1,202 manga.

Movie

Built from the subtitles of 3,580 films.

Non-Fiction

Built from the text of 104 non-fiction books.

Novel

Built from the text of 2,235 published novels.

Video Game

Built from the scripts of 237 video games.

Visual Novel

Built from the scripts of 1,889 visual novels.

Web Novel

Built from 28 serialized web novels.

Kanji

Ranks individual kanji rather than words, by how often each character appears across the corpus.

Global Stats
3,071,714,473 characters in 16,019 media
Anime
3,706
Drama
3,023
Movie
3,580
Novel
2,235
Non-Fiction
104
Video Game
237
Visual Novel
1,889
Web Novel
28
Manga
1,202
Audio
15
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