Following some trauma in her past that has since been repressed, a young woman is trying to recover her memories with the help of a psychiatrist. During her hypnosis sessions, she repeats the name "Tomie" but is unable to recall where she knows it from. Meanwhile, a police detective is investigating a string of brutal murders, where he also runs across the name "Tomie." How are the two connected?
Japanese study overview
Tomie is a Japanese movie of 7,840 characters, with 905 unique words and 438 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 905 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×42
- 月子Gesshi×25
- 富江Tomie×22
- お前you×17
- 言うto say×15
- 泉沢Izusawa×13
- 川上upper reaches of a river×13
- 君Mr×12
- 先生teacher×11
- 人person×10
- 今now×10
- 聞くto hear×10
- 斉賀Saika×9
- 佳織Kaori×6
- 大輔Taisuke×5
- 和美Ai×4
- 前in front (of)×9
- 早くearly×9
- 殺すto kill×9
- 店長shop manager×9