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 13,316 characters, with 1,342 unique words and 588 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.8 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,342 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.
- 信次郎Shinjirō×44
- 縦the vertical×41
- 男man×39
- 錫tin (Sn)×32
- 二郎Jirou×24
- 忠雄Atsuo×24
- 私I×23
- みな子Minako×23
- 言うto say×20
- 音sound×18
- 話talk×17
- 兄さんolder brother×16
- 原爆atomic bomb×16
- 鉦gong×15
- 羯Jie (ancient Chinese ethnic group)×15
- 鈴吉Suzukichi×13
- 諦Akira×12
- 良江Yoshie×9
- 二郎second son×8
- 波羅Hara×8