Kosuke is 31, and tired of his hometown where nothing happens. On a whim, he departs for New York with dreams of making it big. 6 months later, he straggles home... defeated, and saddled with debt. Awaiting him are his old friends, a caring sister, a disgruntled father ...and a bowl of noodles. Namely, "udon" noodles. The town is built around udon, sustained by udon, nationally famous for udon.
Japanese study overview
Udon is a Japanese movie of 22,737 characters, with 2,133 unique words and 764 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,133 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×45
- 麺noodles×39
- 言うto say×37
- 香incense×31
- 食べるto eat×30
- 思うto think×29
- 助help×25
- 何what×24
- 私I×24
- 玉ball×24
- うどん屋udon restaurant×23
- お前you×23
- 恭子Ayako×19
- 水原Suihara×18
- 製麺noodle making×17
- 松井Matsui×16
- 庄manor×12
- 讃岐Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)×9
- 巡礼pilgrimage×8
- 讃岐うどんSanuki udon×7