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 15,204 characters, with 1,442 unique words and 633 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,442 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×87
- 私I×69
- 思うto think×45
- 生life×35
- 槙Kozue×33
- お母さんmother×31
- 何でwhy?×31
- 言うto say×30
- 好きliking×26
- 人person×23
- 今now×19
- 書くto write×18
- 田汲Takumi×11
- 笠町Kasamachi×9
- 実里Mari×5
- 奈々Nana×5
- 軽音light music×4
- たらい回しacrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back)×3
- 合唱部choir×3
- 聞くto hear×15