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With 86% of the words, you might understand only 38% of an anime's lines

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A line-by-line analysis of eight anime shows that the top 500 words covering 85.9% of vocabulary in Frieren only result in 38.4% line comprehension.

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  • •Eight anime were analyzed by counting every single line of dialogue.
  • •In Frieren, the 500 most common words achieved 85.9% vocabulary coverage.
  • •Despite this high vocabulary coverage, only 38.4% of the lines were understood.
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