Shuichi Kushimori is a 17 year old high school student who lives happily with his mother and stepsister. One day, without warning, his estranged stepfather returns home from a long absence. He quickly falls into a circle of drinking and starts abusing his ex-wife and daughter. When he begins making sexual advances towards Shuichi’s stepsister, Shuichi is compelled to take matters into his own hands.
Japanese study overview
Ao no Honoo is a Japanese movie of 16,474 characters, with 1,552 unique words and 693 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,552 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 秀一Shuuichi×142
- 俺I×55
- お前you×51
- 遥香Haruka×47
- 君you×43
- 曾根Sone×39
- 音sound×37
- 友子Tomoko×36
- 紀子Itoko×36
- 言うto say×35
- 拓也Takuya×35
- 思うto think×31
- 大門large front gate×23
- 笈川Oikawa×22
- 石岡Ishioka×22
- 浅野Asano×12
- 犬飼Inukai×11
- 青木Japanese laurel (Aucuba japonica)×4
- 血圧計sphygmomanometer (instrument used to measure blood pressure)×4
- 取り出し口slot (e.g. dispensing tickets)×4