Kaoruko and Kazumasa Harima are a separated couple with two children. They plan to divorce once their daughter, Mizuho, enters elementary school. One day, they receive devastating news of their daughter falling into a coma after a near-drowning accident at a pool. The doctors declare her brain dead with no prospect of recovery and the couple must decide if they should donate her organs to others in need or to wait until her heart stops beating.
Japanese study overview
Ningyo no Nemuru Ie is a Japanese movie of 15,210 characters, with 1,515 unique words and 703 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,515 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.
- 瑞穂fresh, young ears of rice×94
- 言うto say×42
- 思うto think×32
- 私I×28
- 脳死brain death×24
- 生きるto live×24
- お母さんmother×21
- 死ぬto die×20
- 君you×18
- 生人Ikuto×17
- 待つto wait×17
- 体body×17
- 若葉new leaves×16
- 星野Hoshino×12
- 宗吾Shuugo×7
- 臓器移植organ transplant×6
- 脳死判定declaration of brain death×6
- 雪乃Yukino×6
- 横隔膜diaphragm×5
- ＡＮＣAfrican National Congress×5