The "first penguin" is the courageous first penguin that dives into the sea filled with enemies. Iwasaki Nodoka is a young single mother with no money, no house, and no work. While Nodoka decides that she will do anything to eat, she meets a fisherman who offers her "10,000 yen to rebuild the coast". Thus, Nodoka now carries the dreams of the local fishermen whose lives are on her shoulders. Despite her limited knowledge of the fishing industry, Nodoka does her best working with the stubborn sea men, breaks through the old common sense and customs with her boldness, and creates a revolution in the industry.
Japanese study overview
First Penguin! is a Japanese drama of 70,963 characters, with 4,104 unique words and 1,174 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.3 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 4,104 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.
- 言うto say×166
- 魚fish×164
- 山中Sanchuu×160
- 磯田Isota×135
- 思うto think×114
- 漁師fisherman×110
- 私I×110
- 片岡Kataoka×105
- 漁協fishery cooperative×98
- 社長company president×90
- 進Shin×87
- 僕I×78
- 永沢Eizawa×68
- 琴平Kinpei×66
- 杉浦Sugiura×61
- 岩崎Iiwasaki×61
- 大島large island×29
- 梨花pear blossoms×27
- 水産aquatic products×26
- 船団fleet (fishing, naval, etc.)×23