Kanae's husband disappeared without a trace while on a union trip. Though usually headstrong and independent, the woman becomes plagued with worry over what happened to him, and is unable to move on with her life. Thus, Kanae decides to hire a private investigator, and keeps running the public bathhouse to the best of her abilities. As he tries to figure out the truth about her husband, Kanae must deal with the stress from a work-intensive job, meddlesome neighbors, and recurring nightmares in which she is drowning.
Japanese study overview
Undercurrent is a Japanese movie of 14,620 characters, with 1,422 unique words and 621 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,422 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.
- 私I×37
- 堀moat×26
- 思うto think×26
- 言うto say×24
- 人person×21
- 聞くto hear×19
- 僕I×18
- 自分myself×17
- 今日today×15
- 彼he×15
- 彼女she×14
- 好きliking×13
- 悟Sato×11
- 康Kan×10
- 重油heavy oil×6
- 菅野Kanno×4
- 関口Sekikuchi×4
- 内海inland sea×4
- 会うto meet×12
- 本当truth×12