Word frequency lists built from the Japanese media analysed on Jiten, currently 3,170,689,457 characters across 16,254 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 3,708 anime.
Built from the transcripts of 15 audio works.
Built from the subtitles of 3,024 live-action dramas.
Built from the text of 1,229 manga.
Built from the subtitles of 3,581 films.
Built from the text of 104 non-fiction books.
Built from the text of 2,373 published novels.
Built from the scripts of 248 video games.
Built from the scripts of 1,923 visual novels.
Built from 29 serialized web novels.
Built from the Japanese subtitles of 20 YouTube channels.
Ranks individual kanji rather than words, by how often each character appears across the corpus.
Every title ranked from easiest to hardest.