Makio Kōdai is a shy 35-year-old woman. She works as a novelist. One day, her sibling and her sibling's married partner die in a car accident. Makio Kōdai attends their funeral and meets her 15-year-old niece Asa Takumi, who is now left alone due to her parents’ death. The other relatives at the funeral speak insensitive words around Asa Takumi. Makio Kōdai gets furious at them and decides to take in her niece. Makio Kōdai, who has problems having relationships with other people, and Asa Takumi now begin to live together.
Japanese study overview
Ikoku Nikki is a Japanese movie of 16,077 characters, with 1,526 unique words and 665 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,526 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.
- 朝morning×92
- 私I×69
- 思うto think×45
- 生life×41
- 音sound×39
- 槙Kozue×38
- お母さんmother×31
- 言うto say×31
- 何でwhy?×31
- 好きliking×26
- 女性woman×25
- 人person×23
- 京子Atsuko×22
- 笠町Kasamachi×21
- 実里Mari×14
- 森本Morihon×12
- 醍醐ghee (held to be the greatest of all flavours)×6
- 軽音light music×4
- たらい回しacrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back)×3
- 山上mountain top×3