Student dropout Naomi befriends happy-go-lucky Maki, who lives with his blind adoptive mother Midori. When Midori becomes seriously ill and is hospitalized, Naomi and Maki send her tapes from an imaginary trip around the world. Their relationship grows while recording, but they only dare engage in rough, painful horseplay.
Japanese study overview
Hadashi de Narashite Misero is a Japanese movie of 8,756 characters, with 859 unique words and 402 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.8 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 859 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.
- 俺I×60
- 今now×26
- 何でwhy?×25
- 美鳥Bichō×18
- 言うto say×16
- 物thing×14
- 聞くto hear×14
- お前you×11
- 光light×11
- 槙Kozue×10
- 回収collection×9
- 直己Tadami×9
- 不用品disused article×4
- 回収車collection truck (for used goods, refuse, etc.)×4
- イグアスの滝Iguazu Falls×4
- サハラ砂漠Sahara Desert×4
- 背泳ぎbackstroke (swimming)×3
- 泳ぐto swim×9
- 私I×8
- 思うto think×8