Toshiko does not have long to live. She wants to make the most of her time while she can and takes a sojourn to where her true hometown for which she has so much nostalgia and admiration. With her husband on her side she remains can-do and keeps her chin up, but can only lament the passing of time and what will happen next to everyone and everything she loves.
Japanese study overview
Sono Hi no Mae ni (2008) is a Japanese movie of 22,479 characters, with 2,068 unique words and 804 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,068 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.
- 私I×61
- 思うto think×40
- とし子Toshiko×35
- 俺I×33
- 言うto say×27
- 僕I×25
- 見えるto be seen×24
- 死ぬto die×21
- 帰るto return×21
- 今now×20
- 早くearly×20
- 君Mr×19
- 健大Kenta×14
- 駅長station master×8
- 岩手Iwate (prefecture)×8
- 浜風sea breeze×7
- 賢治Kenji×7
- 迎え火welcoming fire for returning spirits (on the first night of the Bon festival)×7
- 一所懸命very hard×6
- 節分setsubun×5