u/Broad_Concentrate793

At some point recently, I realised that at a certain point (after 26k+ words), word frequency became a bit of an unreliable metric to follow. For example, a word like 親知らず is not high-frequency overall, but it can still appear in a commonly encountered real-life situation. I decided to expand my vocabulary based on a different metric/source (other than immersion).

This led me to find a book which I think can be quite useful in expanding one's vocabulary, particularly the vocabulary used in novels, and I felt like sharing it here:

できる大人の語彙力2200

https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%81%A7%E3%81%8D%E3%82%8B%E5%A4%A7%E4%BA%BA%E3%81%AE%E8%AA%9E%E5%BD%99%E5%8A%9B2200-%E3%83%AA%E3%83%99%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E6%96%87%E5%BA%AB-%E7%A6%8F%E7%94%B0%E5%B0%9A%E5%BC%98/dp/4434289209

This book contains example sentences and Japanese and English definitions for each word/proverb/yojijukugo/idioms, and contains quite a few words that I didn't know or words that I thought meant something different/not that familiar with.

sample page from Amazon

Let me know your thoughts on this book as well!