
On a rainy day, a tired man is standing in the kitchen. He is preparing a special curry to eat on his wife's birthday three days later. It is an important dish that has become an annual event. The radio program he loves to listen to is encouraging listeners to send in their "secret recipes." The man picks up his phone and starts writing an email him about his special home cooking. (Source: sonocurry.com)
Sono Hi, Curry Rice ga Dekiru made is a Japanese movie of 5,035 characters, with 686 unique words and 373 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is easy, 1.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 686 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.