Faraway Sunset tells the story of the famed bacteriologist who is known to have discovered the agent that cause syphilis, and for his relentless search for a cure to yellow fever. As a toddler, his mother's neglect had caused an accident to his left hand, fusing together all the fingers in a bizarre twist of fate. Naturally extremely remorseful for being the cause of her son's handicap, she does everything she could to ensure that he gets to lead a normal life, despite having to fend off bullies and unfair prejudices.
Japanese study overview
Toki Rakujitsu is a Japanese movie of 9,404 characters, with 1,258 unique words and 641 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,258 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.
- 清作Kiyosaku×45
- 俺I×36
- お前you×31
- お母さんmother×19
- 手棒person missing at least one hand×16
- 帰るto return×15
- 野口Nokuchi×13
- 先生teacher×13
- 思うto think×12
- 医者doctor×12
- 私I×12
- 東京Tokyo×12
- 野口英世Noguchi Hideyo (1876-1928)×6
- 会津Aizu×4
- 若松young pine (tree)×4
- 医術medicine×4
- 代吉Daikichi×3
- 中田Uchida×3
- 観音様Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva)×3
- 学舎school (building)×3