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Word list · ヴィンランド・サガ · Updated October 2026

Vinland Saga Japanese vocabulary: 60 words from the first episodes

Young Viking warrior Thorfinn fights for his father's killer while waiting for a chance to take revenge. The soldiers speak roughly, using war terms and historical vocabulary.

About 67% of the words below are JLPT N5–N4, so Vinland Saga is manageable once you have the basics down.

How this list was made: we went through the Japanese subtitles of the first 3 episodes, reduced every word to its dictionary form, dropped names, sound effects and grammar particles, and kept the words that come up most. Each word has one short line from the show.

JLPT N5 32 words · the first words any course teaches

JLPT N4 8 words · still beginner territory

JLPT N3 9 words · intermediate

Show and story words 11 words · not on the JLPT lists, but this series leans on them

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