Aoi has dropped out of high school and gives birth to a baby son with her husband Masaya. They live in Okinawa, the Southern island of Japan where they were both born. To make ends meet, she starts working as a night-club hostess. Masaya loses his job and cannot deal with the family’s responsibilities. Their immaturity and dependence aggravate the relationship and continuous fights lead to a social downfall. Aoi’s bond with her son sets her on a path to find solutions.
Japanese study overview
Tooi Tokoro is a Japanese movie of 9,825 characters, with 1,011 unique words and 435 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 2.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,011 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.
- 何でwhy?×25
- 健吾Kengo×24
- 働くto work×24
- お金money×19
- 新垣Arakaki×19
- 思うto think×18
- 海音Aoto×18
- 飲むto drink×16
- 言うto say×16
- 待つto wait×15
- 仕事work×12
- お前you×11
- 示談金settlement money×8
- 朝光Akari×4
- 顔face×11
- 子供child×11
- 今日today×10
- 目eye×9
- 未成年minority (i.e. being under age)×8
- 歳... years old×7