In this black comedy the lives of a timid small-time printer and his young wife are turned inside out by the arrival of a stranger who moves in and takes over their world. Set in a village-like outpost in the heart of Tokyo, this is a wry commentary on Japanese xenophobia. Kiki Sugino heads a spritely ensemble cast.
Japanese study overview
Kantai is a Japanese movie of 10,484 characters, with 999 unique words and 474 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 999 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.
- 夏希Natsuki×72
- 加川Kagawa×54
- 清子Kiyoko×33
- 奥さんwife×22
- 私I×18
- 言うto say×16
- 敏子Satoko×14
- 社長company president×14
- 英語English (language)×13
- 今日today×12
- 本間official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat)×12
- 仕事work×11
- 河野Kawano×7
- 幹夫Mikio×6
- 山口Yaguchi×4
- 章江Akie×3
- あえぎ声panting×3
- 小林Ohayashi×10
- 今now×10
- お前you×10