A soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his dedication to the army has never faltered. However, as the war draws to a close, his commanding officers become increasingly desperate and push their men to ever more absurd extremes. The ridiculousness of the orders from above peak when the hero of the story is assigned to drive a one-man submarine straight into the hull of an enemy battleship.
Japanese study overview
Nikudan is a Japanese movie of 16,711 characters, with 1,738 unique words and 781 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,738 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.
- 国country×41
- 敵opponent×31
- 俺I×21
- 候補生cadet×20
- 日本Japan×20
- 死ぬto die×20
- 兵隊armed forces×19
- 今now×17
- 貴様you×16
- ２乗square (of a number)×16
- 思うto think×15
- 前in front (of)×15
- 観音さまAvalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva)×15
- 前掛けapron (waist-down)×8
- わらじ虫wood louse×8
- 神の国land of the gods×6
- 特攻隊special attack unit×5
- 肉弾suicide attacker×5
- 楼tower×5
- 観音Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva)×5