Katsu (Mitsuko Baisho) is a 73-years-old woman. She often makes trouble with her biting remarks. While raising a daughter alone, Katsu was unable to live the life she wished for. One day, Katsu goes to a photo studio and takes a picture. She leaves the photo studio, but finds that she is now 20-years-old (Mikako Tabe) again. Katsu changes out of her grandmother clothes, picks out a more youthful style and names herself Setsuko Otori. Later, Katsu decides to take part in a singing contest held in a shopping district. Her singing fascinates the audience and she wins the contest. Katsu begins to move closer to her past dream of becoming a singer.
Japanese study overview
Ayashii Kanojo is a Japanese movie of 16,861 characters, with 1,727 unique words and 762 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,727 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.
- 翼wing×80
- 節子Kotoko×60
- 私I×59
- 次郎Keijirō×53
- 俺I×34
- 小林Ohayashi×31
- 幸恵Sakie×30
- お母さんmother×28
- 言うto say×28
- お前you×26
- 生きるto live×19
- 娘daughter×16
- 麻衣子Maiko×16
- 雄平Yūhei×10
- 若島津Wakashimazu×6
- 救急隊員rescue worker×5
- 婿養子son-in-law taken (adopted) into family×4
- 写真館photo studio×4
- 大鳥Ootori×4
- 厚化粧thick makeup×3