Akira Yamazaki and Akira Kaido are new employees at Industrial Central Bank. They are both outstanding at their jobs and fierce rivals, but they come from totally different backgrounds. When Akira Yamazaki was a child, his father's factory went bankrupt and his family ran away in the middle of the night. Because of that experience, Akira Yamazaki wants to work as a banker to save people. On the other hand, Akira Kaido was born into a family that runs a large company. He works with a calm demeanor. Due to a case, Akira Yamazaki receives a demotion. Akira Kaido continues to be successful at work, but his family's company is on the verge of bankruptcy due to their family-oriented management style. The employees there and their families are all in a crisis situation. With this desperate situation unfolding, the reversal of fate of these two men begin.
Japanese study overview
Akira to Akira (2022) is a Japanese movie of 19,507 characters, with 2,064 unique words and 856 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,064 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.
- 東海Tōkai region (of Honshu; incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures)×67
- 山崎Yamasa×47
- お前you×45
- 会社company×42
- 融資financing×39
- 郵船mail boat×37
- 言うto say×35
- 思うto think×34
- 俺I×33
- 階堂Kaidou×32
- 銀行bank×27
- 商会firm×22
- 下田worn-out rice land×22
- 彬Aki×16
- 龍馬Ryūma×16
- 銀行員bank employee×14
- 連帯保証joint liability on guarantee×10
- 瑛Aoi×9
- 預金deposit×8
- 粉飾embellishment (e.g. of a story)×8