Kyoko is a nurse who is betrayed by her husband, Toyoki. She is so furious that she kidnaps Mayo, the baby born between Toyoki and his girlfriend Tokiko. Kyoko decides to call the baby Botan and starts raising her in secrecy. The couple is broken-hearted, but the following year, Tokiko gives birth to a baby girl whom they name Kayo. They devote themselves to loving the child and try hard to forget their sad past. Consequently, Mayo and Kayo grow up not knowing about each other.
Japanese study overview
Botan to Bara is a Japanese drama of 257,300 characters, with 7,816 unique words and 1,533 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 7,816 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 香世Kayo×963
- 麗香Uraka×667
- 言うto say×587
- 思うto think×451
- 由岐雄Yukio×397
- 会うto meet×264
- 帰るto return×244
- お母さんmother×224
- 僕I×198
- 薔薇rose×192
- 子child×189
- 牡丹tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)×188
- 野島Noshima×125
- 和人Japanese person×122
- 豊樹Tomiki×97
- 鏡子Kyōko×95
- 富貴子Tokiko×86
- 飛車rook×80
- 上海Shanghai (China)×47
- 富貴riches and honours (honors)×43