Satoko Watabe, who calls herself Erica was organizing business support meetings, and collecting a fortune with a fictional investment story, under the order of her lover Ikuo Hirasawa. But she finds out that Hirasawa was actually dating multiple women and was betraying her. Once she cuts contact with Hirasawa, she seduces a rich old man, and obtains a luxurious house. She invites her mother who is in a care home to come live with her, and starts her own fictional “business support” sessions to defraud people. During her visit to Thailand, she meets a young man Porche. Erica falls in love, and enjoys her honeymoon. But the police were looming right around the corner...
Japanese study overview
Erika 38 is a Japanese movie of 18,564 characters, with 1,601 unique words and 660 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,601 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×94
- お金money×60
- 言うto say×47
- 思うto think×46
- 人person×43
- 聞くto hear×27
- 渡部Arurete×25
- 出るto leave×24
- 支援support×23
- 話talk×23
- 平澤Hirasawa×23
- 自分myself×19
- 石川Ishikawa (prefecture)×15
- 配当金dividend×12
- 聡子Akiko×10
- 薫aroma×8
- 玉木Tamaki×7
- 元本principal×5
- 赤とんぼ(small) red dragonfly×5
- 浅田美代子Asada Miyoko (1956.2-)×5