When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution, his commander, Col. Miyagi, tries to honor his dying wish to rescue his sister. Upon finding Kaoru at a party working as a geisha and later rescuing her from committing suicide, Col. Miyagi allows her to move in with him. Over time, the two grow close, but in spite of Kaoru's growing feelings for him, Col. Miyagi is unable to bring himself to return her love. On the night of his deployment to war, Col. Miyagi finally admits his feelings for Kaoru, but will they ever be able to enjoy a peaceful life together now that a very violent and bloody military revolt is under way...
Japanese study overview
Douran is a Japanese movie of 11,688 characters, with 1,736 unique words and 862 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.8 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,736 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 宮城Miyagi (prefecture)×34
- 私I×32
- 大尉captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF)×29
- 閣下your Excellency×20
- 決起rising to action×19
- 貴様you×18
- 自分myself×18
- 殿Mr.×16
- 言うto say×16
- 溝口Mizokuchi×15
- 将校commissioned officer×15
- 連隊regiment×14
- 中隊company×12
- 長殿Nagatono×11
- 二等兵private×11
- 皇道派Imperial Way Faction (of the Imperial Japanese Army)×11
- 昭和維新Shōwa restoration (call for Imperial restoration by militarists in the 1930s)×7
- 水沼Mizunuma×7
- 三田村Mitamura×7
- 中隊長company commander×6