Mio is 20 years old. Having lost her parents early, she and her grandmother run a traditional inn in Nagano. However, her grandmother gets sick. Mio moves to Tokyo and lives with her father’s best friend, Kyosuke. He runs a public bath. She begins to work at the public bath, but it is scheduled to be demolished to make way for redevelopment.
Japanese study overview
Watashi wa Hikari wo Nigitteiru is a Japanese movie of 8,968 characters, with 961 unique words and 484 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 961 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.
- 音sound×32
- 女性woman×28
- 澪waterway×22
- 話し声speaking voice×21
- 言うto say×18
- 踏切railway crossing×13
- 警報機alarm (fire, burglar, railroad-crossing, etc.)×13
- 美琴Bigin×13
- 京介Kyōsuke×10
- 走行音sound of a moving train or road vehicle×9
- お願いしますplease×9
- 入るto enter×9
- 銀次Ginji×6
- 伸光Shinkou×3
- 仕事work×9
- 思うto think×8
- 出るto leave×8
- 今日today×8
- 鳥bird×7
- 鳴き声cry (of an animal)×7