After the death of his wife, Kenzaburō receives an unexpected letter from beyond the grave. His late wife asks him to travel to Lake Windermere in England with their son to scatter her ashes. Plagued by sweet and painful memories of his wife, Kenzaburō travels to England from Tokyo to fulfill her final wish, but the father and son's fraught relationship threatens to upend their journey.
Japanese study overview
Cottontail is a Japanese movie of 7,431 characters, with 839 unique words and 402 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 2.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 839 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×57
- 父さんfather×32
- 母さんmother×27
- 慧wisdom×23
- 番number (in a series)×15
- 明子Akako×14
- 俺I×14
- 話し声speaking voice×12
- お前you×12
- 待つto wait×11
- 音sound×11
- 言うto say×10
- 大島Oushima×8
- 兼三郎Kanesaburō×5
- 読経sutra chanting×4
- 遺灰ashes (of the deceased)×3
- 馬身horse's length×3
- 心電計electrocardiograph×3
- 店員employee (of a store)×9
- 閉まるto be shut×9