Set in an alternate universe, the ancient capital of Kamakura is a vibrant town where fantastical creatures live alongside humans. Akiko is a cheerful publishing assistant who moves into town after marrying Masakazu, a popular mystery writer. Akiko is surprised by the unusual town but enjoys the new curiosities surrounding her. However, just as she was beginning to settle in, a trifling incident sweeps her spirit to the underworld too soon. Convinced that destiny has something else in store for his wife, Masakazu journeys into the underworld to bring back Akiko’s spirit.
Japanese study overview
Destiny: Kamakura Monogatari is a Japanese movie of 20,864 characters, with 1,839 unique words and 745 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,839 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.
- 亜紀子Akiko×258
- 正和Shōwa era (1312.3.20-1317.2.3)×153
- 先生teacher×92
- 本田Honta×60
- 死神god of death×36
- 僕I×35
- 天sky×29
- 私I×27
- 言うto say×27
- 頭鬼Touki×27
- 貧乏神god of poverty×26
- 音sound×25
- 滝Taki×22
- 里子Satoko×19
- 黄泉の国Hades×14
- 浩子Kōko×12
- 優子Aiko×11
- 稲荷Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama)×10
- 金満being rich×10
- 松茸matsutake mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake)×6