The narrative centers on Taichi Tamiya, a television scriptwriter living in modern-day Tokyo with his family. Their ordinary lives are disrupted when they inexplicably time-travel to June 1944, during the height of World War II. Confronted with the harsh realities of wartime Japan—scarcity of resources, constant air raids, and societal pressures—the family struggles to adapt and survive. The story delves into their attempts to navigate this perilous era while seeking a way back to their original time.
Japanese study overview
Owari ni Mita Machi is a Japanese movie of 16,319 characters, with 1,854 unique words and 814 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,854 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×39
- 稔Jin×34
- 年year×34
- ３月March×27
- 昭和Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)×26
- 私I×23
- 戦争war×21
- 思うto think×20
- 人person×19
- 俺I×18
- 新也Shin'ya×18
- 大空襲major air raid×17
- 敏夫Toshio×17
- 太一Taiichi×13
- 信子Ayako×12
- 敏彦Toshihiko×12
- 空襲air-raid×7
- 脚本家scriptwriter×6
- 晩餐dinner (esp. a formal one)×5
- 情報局intelligence agency×4