We invite you to build your vocabulary with One Piece manga! On this page we are going to slowly break down every chapter from Volume 1! As One Piece manga is not a very easy read, we are going to give you about 50 must know vocabulary words per chapter. We also give you 10 must know kanji from each chapter! We will also break down some phrases. If you have any suggestions, please reach out to us on Instagram or via Feedback form at the bottom of this page.
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Chapter 1
Vocabulary
Get familiar with this vocabulary and then try to locale all the words while reading.
- とみ – wealth
- めいせい – fame
- ちから – power
- かいぞく – pirate
- おう – king
- ざいほう – treasure
- じだい – era
- むかえる – to welcome
- かいぞくせん – pirate ship
- むら – village
- たたかう – to fight
- つよい – strong
- さけ – alcohol, sake
- たから – treasure
- ピストル – pistol
- ふね – ship
- よわむし – coward, weakling
- にく – meat
- パンチ – punch
- カナヅチ – person who can’t swim; someone who sinks like a stone
- おちる – to fall, to drop
- きょう – today
- かお – face
- うみ – sea
- ひろい – vast, wide
- おおきい – big, large
- ちいさい – small
- さんぞく- mountain bandit
- みず – water
- たのしい – fun, enjoyable
- せんちょう – captain
- およぐ – to win
- こうかい – voyage, trip
- わるい – bad
- にんげん – human
- はらう – to pay
- のむ – to drink
- やま – mountain
- いのち – life
- あたま – head
- くいもの – food
- りゆう – reason, motive
- みち – road
- ひと – person
- にげる – to escape, to run away
- はなし – talk, chat
- おわり – end, finish
- ひがし – east
- きた – north
- のびる – to stretch, to extend
Must Know Kanji
Here are 10 kanji that you should learn after reading chapter 1. Kanji 何、前、年、飲、今、男 you would learn in your first Japanese course. Other kanji are learnt later; however, they are very often used in One Piece manga, so we thought you should be familiar with them!
- 何 – what?
- 船 – ship
- お前 – you
- 村 – village
- 海 – sea
- 年 – year
- お酒 – sake
- 飲む – to drink
- 今 – now
- 男 – man
Phrases and Expressions
Chapter 2
Vocabulary
- しま – island
- そうじ – cleaning
- きらい – disliked, hated
- きたない – dirty, filthy
- うつくしい – beautiful
- さかだる – wine barrel
- かいがん – coast, beach
- はいる – to enter, to go in, to join
- きょうだい – siblings
- かしら – boss, chief
- もちろん – of course
- ねる – to sleep
- だれ – who
- いま – now
- へん – strange
- くび – neck
- しょうきんかせぎ – bounty hunter
- うらぎり- treachery; betrayal
- つかまる – to be caught
- かいぐん – navy
- にげだす – to run away; to flee
- けが – injury, wound
- ざつよう – chore
- がかり – person in charge
- びっくりする – to be surprised; to be amazed
- うんめい – destiny, fate
- かんがえる – to think
- あし – leg
- ひ – day
- つり – fishing
- まちがえる – to make a mistake, to confuse
- はたらく – to work
- ねらう – to aim for; to set up as a goal
- むり – impossible/ no way!
- いたい – painful
- きめる – to decide
- すごい – awesome
- むずかしい – difficult
- てき – enemy, opponent
- やつ – fellow, guy
- とる – to catch, to take
- ゆめ – dream
- おばさん – aunty
- ガキ – brat
- て – hand
- たべる – to eat
- はかば – graveyard
- めざす – to aim for, to set an eye on
- よぶ – to call
- ばしょ – place
Must Know Kanji
- 大きい – big
- 外 – outside
- 生きる – to live
- お金 – money
- 乗る – to ride
- 死ぬ – to die
- 入る – to enter
- 物 – thing
- 事 – thing
- 強い – strong
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