Shibuya, Tokyo. Yoichi and Michio are a pair of hoodlums who make their living as bookies at horse races. One day, Yoichi's companion commits a crime, which leads him to become a real yakuza. In this way Yoichi wishes to put an end to his hoodlum days, but on the other hand he has to leave his brother Michio behind...
Japanese study overview
Chi-n-pi-ra is a Japanese movie of 10,105 characters, with 1,154 unique words and 486 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,154 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.
- 俺I×31
- 道road×30
- 洋一Hiroichi×24
- お前you×23
- 言うto say×18
- 大谷Oogai×16
- 兄貴elder brother×14
- 道夫Tsuneo×12
- 持つto hold (in one's hand)×11
- 今日today×9
- 俺たちwe×9
- 指finger×9
- 美也Miya×6
- 梅沢Umesawa×5
- 裕子Nobuko×5
- 役柄role×4
- ケツ持ちperson or organization (esp. yakuza) in charge of solving problems caused by subordinates×3
- ノミ屋bookmaker×3
- 車car×8
- 知るto know×7