During his idle journey on the Izu Peninsula, a university student, Kawasaki, encounters a group of traveling entertainers – including Kaoru (Sayuri Yoshinaga), one of the “odoriko”. Kawasaki is taken and cannot take his eyes off her. When he is invited to stay at the same lodgings, the two grow closer. In time, the two come to learn the pain of love.
Japanese study overview
Izu no Odoriko is a Japanese movie of 12,139 characters, with 1,299 unique words and 529 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,299 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.
- 事thing×31
- 私I×24
- 学生student (esp. a university student)×22
- 薫Isao×19
- 思うto think×16
- 僕I×16
- 下田worn-out rice land×15
- 言うto say×14
- お前you×14
- 早くearly×11
- 死ぬto die×11
- 旅芸人itinerant entertainer×10
- 大島large island×9
- 踊子dancer (usu. female)×7
- 栄吉Eikichi×5
- 高等学校senior high school×4
- お座敷tatami room×4
- 甲府Kōfu (city in Yamanashi)×4
- 書生student×3
- 碁go (board game)×3