The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, whose husband was one of 80,000 human beings killed in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a long-lost brother, Suzujiro, living in Hawaii who wants her to visit him before he dies.
Japanese study overview
Hachi-gatsu no Kyoushikyoku is a Japanese movie of 12,276 characters, with 1,313 unique words and 580 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,313 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.
- 錫tin (Sn)×32
- 二郎Jirou×24
- 私I×23
- 言うto say×20
- 話talk×17
- 兄さんolder brother×16
- 原爆atomic bomb×16
- 目eye×15
- 羯Jie (ancient Chinese ethnic group)×15
- 諦Akira×15
- 鈴吉Suzukichi×14
- お父さんfather×13
- 信次郎Shinjirō×9
- 二郎second son×8
- 波羅Hara×8
- 電報telegram×8
- 鉈nata×7
- 野中in the middle of a field×7
- 河童kappa×6
- 菩提bodhi×5