Adapted from the book with the same title by Ryusho Kadota, a journalist who followed the "Hikari City Mother and Child Murder Case" that took place in Hikari City, Yamaguchi Prefecture in 1999, the drama is a fictionalized human story of a bereaved family that suffered repeated setbacks and was on the verge of despair, but continued to fight on with the support of others.
Japanese study overview
Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta noka is a Japanese drama of 28,380 characters, with 2,551 unique words and 986 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 2,551 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 町田Chōta×119
- 思うto think×75
- 僕I×64
- 言うto say×51
- 私I×48
- 被害者victim×47
- 君you×43
- 君Mr×41
- 被告人accused×38
- 死刑death penalty×36
- 佳織Kaori×34
- 道彦Dōgen×34
- 北川Kitakawa×32
- 秋山Akiyama×26
- 夏海Kakai×25
- 裁判長presiding judge×14
- 少年法Juvenile Act×12
- 実名real name×11
- 最高裁Supreme Court×11
- 無期懲役life imprisonment×10