A jazz pianist named Shiro Tsuda returns from an overseas tour unwittingly carrying drugs that have been sewn into his jacket. When he stops by to see his girlfriend Kyoko, he walks in to find an unknown man attacking her. While struggling with the man, who is armed, Shiro accidentally shoots and kills her. The intruder knocks Shiro down and takes the drugs from Shiro's jacket. Shiro realizes that he was being used as a drag smuggler. He is sent to prison for three years for killing his girlfriiend. When he is released, he is determined to find out who set him up.
Japanese study overview
Kaerazaru Hatoba is a Japanese movie of 10,967 characters, with 1,266 unique words and 588 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,266 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.
- 君you×44
- 私I×41
- 女woman×31
- 男man×26
- 知るto know×26
- 津田Tsushida×23
- 言うto say×23
- 俺I×21
- 僕I×19
- 船ship×19
- 彼女she×17
- お前you×16
- 水沢Suizawa×10
- 沢田Sahada×10
- 長江Yangtze River (China)×7
- 京子Atsuko×6
- 冴子Saeko×4
- 陳Chen (ancient Chinese state; approx. 1045-479 BCE)×3
- 荒れたwild×3
- 出るto leave×16