In 1905, in the village of Asotsu, Fukui prefecture. Gozaemon Masunaga was struggling to establish industry in the area. At that time, his younger brother, Kohachi, proposed manufacturing eyeglass frames in the village. Amid fierce opposition from the villagers, the two begin a difficult journey together. This is the story of two brothers who changed the world with their glasses.
Japanese study overview
Oshorin is a Japanese movie of 17,838 characters, with 1,941 unique words and 840 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,941 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.
- 幸八Kōhachi×43
- 作るto make×35
- 八郎Hachirou×33
- 増永Masunaga×30
- 思うto think×29
- 福井Fukui (city, prefecture)×25
- 言うto say×25
- お前you×24
- 村village×22
- 私I×22
- 人person×18
- 大将general×18
- 五左衛門Gozaemon×15
- 豊島Itō×11
- 帳場(hotel) reception×11
- 末吉Suikichi×8
- 千代thousand years×8
- 五郎Itsuo×8
- 真鍮brass×8
- 博覧会exhibition×7