The one-hundred-year-old Fujiya inn stands in the quiet region of Kyoto. Mikoto is standing in front of the Kibune river at the back of the building when she is called back to work. But two minutes later, she finds herself back at the river again. The whole inn seems to be stuck in a time loop!
Japanese study overview
River, Nagarenaide yo is a Japanese movie of 17,265 characters, with 1,406 unique words and 576 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.8 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,406 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.
- 時間time×52
- 戻るto turn back (e.g. half-way)×46
- 言うto say×25
- 思うto think×24
- お客様guest×24
- 今now×24
- 先生teacher×23
- 俺I×23
- 私I×20
- 死ぬto die×18
- 貴船Kifune×17
- 僕I×16
- 雑炊rice porridge made by simmering cooked rice in a seasoned broth, often containing vegetables, fish, etc. (usu. made from leftovers)×12
- 熱燗hot sake×11
- 本館main building (as opposed to an annex, outbuilding, etc.)×5
- 不審物suspicious object (e.g. potential bomb)×3
- 脱退withdrawal (e.g. from an organization)×3
- 世界線world line×3
- 水神a water god×3
- 聞くto hear×16