Hi no Sakana (火の魚, Fish of the Fire) is a Japanese novel by Murō Saisei; it was first published in 1960, and was later adapted into a single episode TV drama that was broadcast on NHK Hiroshima in 2009. The story describes the interactions between an elderly author and a young staffer from a publishing company as they collaborate on a book cover design for the author's latest novel.
Japanese study overview
Hi no Sakana is a Japanese movie of 6,005 characters, with 891 unique words and 444 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.4 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 891 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.
- 先生teacher×33
- お前you×21
- 言うto say×20
- 折見Orimi×19
- 金魚goldfish (Carassius auratus)×17
- 私I×16
- 死ぬto die×13
- 島island×12
- 思うto think×10
- 作家author×8
- 伊藤Ito×7
- 娘daughter×7
- 人形劇puppet show×7
- 魚拓ink rubbing of a fish×7
- 村田Murata×3
- 方direction×7
- 円yen (currency of Japan)×6
- 持つto hold (in one's hand)×6
- 王子prince×6
- 時time×6